[Fall 2019 Applications]

14 hours ago, doctormelody said:

Okay, maybe you guys can help me, because right now I am absolutely freaking out. 

As I mentioned earlier, I am a second cycle applicant. I asked all of my professors from last year if they would mind writing me another recommendation, and they all said it would be no problem. I'm only applying to one school, and I sent out the link to the recommendation form two months ago. Two of my professors completed it relatively promptly. I'm still waiting on the third. The school's website mentioned that the link might get sent to a spam folder, so a couple of weeks ago, I started to worry that my professor had not received the link. Last Friday, I sent her an email politely and apologetically asking if she ever received it. I have not received a response.

The deadline is coming up (December 31st) and I feel like at this point I don't have time to ask anyone else. I'm going to call her office tomorrow and ask for her. I don't want to harass her, but I don't know what else to do. I know it's a busy time of year and maybe she's annoyed with me for not sending that reminder email sooner - or for sending it at all! - but I felt like I had no choice. I'm also extremely concerned that she may have become seriously ill. She had a bout with something serious (probably cancer, but she never specified) a couple years ago and had to take the semester off from teaching. My boyfriend pointed out that if that had happened she would probably have some automated email response notifying people of her absence, but I'm not sure she did last time. I care about her as a person - she was my thesis adviser and she was always very patient and understanding with me - but I'm also terrified that it will be too late to get anyone else to write me a recommendation if she is indeed taking a leave of absence.

If anyone has any words of wisdom to offer, I'd be eternally grateful. I'm making myself sick with worry over this.

Hey! Just wanted to say that I totally get where you're coming from, waiting for letter of recommendations is the worst feeling! The way you describe her I don't believe your thesis adviser would be upset with you trying to get into contact, so definitely give them a call just to ask if she is doing okay and if she is available to speak.

If she has happened to drop the ball, I don't think it's too late at all to ask someone else if you have someone in mind. Most professors/supervisors understand that things happen and sometimes need a backup letter of recommendation. You still have a couple of weeks, and typically most professors don't ask for more than two weeks-a month depending how busy they are. As long as you explain the situation and apologize for not giving them more time, I'm pretty sure they would be happy to do it. Hopefully this helps, if you ever need to freak out feel free to PM me!

[Columbia University MSW Fall 2019]

I submitted mine 10/26, no idea when I'm hearing back though. I heard last year was an utter fiasco

[Fall 2019 Applications]

Nice! Yeah it's definitely nerve-wracking for sure. I'm going for mental health and clinical practice. How''s all the applications going?

[Fall 2019 Applications]

Hi y'all

I've been trolling these forums for weeks now and figured I might as well start this thread for everyone applying to Social Work.

I'm personally going for Columbia, NYU, OSU and UMich!

[Columbia University MSW Fall 2019]

Hello jumping in! I am also applying for the same focus. Just waiting on letters of rec before submitting mine. Super nervous about all this :/