Recommendations can be submitted in one of two ways.

Can teacher recommendations be submitted after the deadline. Can my teacher submit a recommendation after the deadline I applied for early action but my teacher says that is still working on n recommendation what is the deadline for teachers. All of the recommendations should be submitted or postmarked by the deadline date. Before you submit your application please follow up with your teachers and counselors to ensure they will be able to complete and submit a recommendation prior to the schools stated application deadline.

You can request these letters at any point before submitting your application but we recommend sending the request as soon as you have determined who you would like to ask so that they have as. All youre responsible for by the application deadline for your recs section is your recommenders names and their contact information. And if you do submit them they will be considered when we review your application.

Can teachers submit recommendations after the deadline. I went through something very similar with my own son also a senior who had November 1 EA deadlines. The Common Application system allows recommendations to be submitted even after the application has been submitted.

If it is 10 seconds after the deadline and if the website has not closed it is unlikely to hurt the applicant. For undergraduate applications there is a small staff and tens of thousands of applications and they will wade through them over time. You do not need to wait for all your recommendation letters to be submitted before submitting your application.

When I was applying for grad schools I applied for a fellowship whose deadline was 15 days before grad schools deadlines so that gave me two weeks of safety I didnt care about the fellowship as it was conditioned on me returning to my home country after the PhD but anyway if you trust a professor enough to write a recommendation letter for you you can also trust that he will submit on time. The recs themselves can be submitted after the application deadline. Be sure to remind individuals writing letters for you to include your name and date of birth on all pages if they are sending them by mail.

You should contact the school to see if they accept recommendations later than the stated deadline. But they are optional and you will be considered for admission whether you submit letters of recommendation or not. They might be able to do so but it may not help.