Martyna

Hi! I'm in the same boat. Did you manage to get J1?

Nice! Well done on submitting your first applications 👏 Let's hope we all get in somewhere this year! 🤞

It depends what university you're applying to. Some universities like NYU (Steinhardt) will just send your application materials for a review without that one recommendation and will review it based on everything else you have, it won't make much difference if everything else in your application stands out. Other universities don't have a set deadline for LORs, a lot of them have a deadline for application but no specific deadline for getting recommendations, so I wouldn't panic and still apply.

Hello! Thank you for creating this thread. This is my third round of applications, but the second one for Communication programs. I'm applying to 12 universities this year, some on the West Coast, East Coast, South, Mid-West. In have a master's and some professional experience plus volunteering research experience. Some of the schools I'm applying to are Oregon, USC, NYU, Brown, UCSD, Northwestern, UIUB. I have 4 more applications to submit and then the waiting period begins! Good luck everyone!