The missing letter

[ocd]

In all of my experiences applying for stuff, it always happens that 1 out of the required 3 letters of recommendation never arrives. Oddly enough, this is usually the letter I was counting on most. :x Am I the only person this happens to?

[daseinplushie]

I was lucky to have all three of my letters arrive in plenty of time. However, one of the schools I applied to wound up losing all three of my letters, telling me at 7:30 pm on a Friday evening that I had until Monday morning to get my recommeders to resend them.

[jms123]

This happens often. Collecting all the letters yourself and mailing in one packet avoids this situation.

[MsTiaLia]

I sent all of my materials in one packet. My issue was with my GRE scores. ETS had a block on my account...according to some of the representatives. Others had no idea where my scores were...others had no idea why other reps said there was a block! It was an absolute debacle. My scores didn't arrive to my chosen school until 1/17...a far cry from the 1/3 deadline, but the school was very understanding of the situation.

[jetlag]

in my experience applying, at least one professor will procrastinate and ignore all your friendly reminders about deadlines. so knowing that, i had 4 people to write me recommendations this year, but guess what, two of them still sent theirs late. one is a very busy professor so it's almost understandable, but the other decided to wait until he came back from christmas vacation to write it (he previously told me he'd write it as soon as my grade for his class is finalized, which would've made it in time). for my first choice school i begged the program coordinator not to throw out my apps and assured her the letters were on their way. i had the busy prof email his letter to her and luckily she accepted it even though it was almost 2 weeks past the deadline.