calling grad office about letter of rec

[JennyFieldsOriginal]

One of my professors submitted her letter directly to the graduate office because the upload thingie wasn't working for her, but on my application status check page (which i refresh furiously like a crazy person when I'm bored) it says she didn't submit her letter.

How long should I wait to call the grad office? She submitted a couple days ago and I know there is a huge volume of stuff coming in right now, so should I wait till next week? Friday?

I wanted to run it by people here because I'm experiencing residual cuckoo-ness from the whole process.

Congrats to all who are done apps, and thanks for everyone who offered helpful advice through this process! WE DID IT!

[fancypants09]

Did she send it via email or regular mail?

If she sent it by email I would call the office to confirm. If she sent it by regular mail, give it a few days before you call to confirm.

Hope this helps!

[grad_wannabe]

I had the same situation: one of my LoR writers didn't like the online systems for NYU or MIT, so she mailed her letters directly to the respective graduate offices.

I emailed both offices about a month after she said she mailed the letters. Both schools said the same thing, basically: "we're too swamped with materials to look for your letters. If we find, in the course of our regular application review, that you're missing anything, we will let you know."

so, even if you do call, you likely won't get a satisfactory response.