LOR deadline help!

[mountaingirl135]

None of my professors have submitted their LOR but everything else for my application is submitted. My earliest deadline is 2/1...am I going to miss the deadline because of my LORs? I've read that you should get all materials submitted weeks before the deadline but I've been out of school for a few years and am not sure. I feel like I've screwed myself over and won't have a completed application in time because of these darn letters.

Someone help so I can stop panicking or start to make a plan to apply a lot earlier for the next cycle!!

Edited December 16, 2019 by mountaingirl135

[estel]

You have so much time! You'll be totally fine. One of my professors submitted letters the day of my first deadline. Also, a lot of schools are flexible with LOR deadlines because they know it's out of your hands! I would send a reminder a month before the apps are due, and again a week before. Chances are the professors are writing LORs for people with significantly earlier deadlines that they need to get out of the way first!

[mountaingirl135]

@estel Thank you for the response and calming some nerves! Having graduated a few years ago and trying to get back into the swing of things has been extremely intimidating.