Letters of Recommendation

[samazon]

Hello all!

I've had a couple concerns about letters of recommendations and application due dates. I decided to apply to grad school a little later than usual and CSUs have a priority application deadline , which is November 30th (is this possibly only for undergrad?). Four references agreed to write me letters, but seeing I only gave myself three weeks to submit applications, I don't want to force my references to rush to meet a due date if I don't have to. So my questions are: 1. Is there actually a priority application period for CSU SLP grad programs and 2. Must letters of recommendation be submitted by the application deadline or can they be accepted after application submission?

Thank you!!

[pbandj]

1. Don’t remember what a “priority” application is. Is this the application deadline for the university as a whole? IIRC, some if not all CSUs have “two” applications - one for the university, and one for the graduate program itself which is sometimes at a later date.

2. LORs are typically due by the application deadline for the grad program. 

[smarieSLP2b]

I think the SLP program's due date is what you need to be looking at. That seems to be default for most programs.