Missing Letter of Rec

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Hello, Texas Applicant here. Yesterday, one of my schools just e-mailed me saying that they did not receive all of my letters of recommendation! I was really distressed when I found out. ): It's just really depressing when one of the PTs you got along with never wrote one for you in the first place, but I'm sure there's a good reason for it, so I'm not putting any blame on their behalf.

Anyway, now I'm scrambling around trying to find someone else to write me one. I already e-mailed one of the PTs who wrote one for me for a different school, so maybe they can recycle that one for me. I'm just hoping they still have it on file! Sorry, I guess I really didn't ask for advice, but I just needed a place to vent. In other news, my others applications are complete, so this is the only one that's given me problems. Phew. ):

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Similar situation happened to me where prof fell through on her letter of rec. It's good to see that you quickly got over it (or at least it seems that way) and moved on. Really that's all you can do. Good luck with the application period!
 
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@DPTHopeful: Hello! I applied to UTHSCSA, TWU, UTMB Galveston, Texas State San Marcos, and UNTHSC. My schools of preference are that order as well. :D

I just got an early acceptance to one of them (just this morning actually!!), but I really want to hear from some of the others first. I'm not sure how to ask when is their decision deadline. ^_^;
 
@DPTHopeful: Hello! I applied to UTHSCSA, TWU, UTMB Galveston, Texas State San Marcos, and UNTHSC. My schools of preference are that order as well. :D

I just got an early acceptance to one of them (just this morning actually!!), but I really want to hear from some of the others first. I'm not sure how to ask when is their decision deadline. ^_^;

May I ask where you heard from on early decision? i've applied to UTSW, TWU, and UNTHSC. The UTSW and UNTHSC apps were mailed today, but my TWU app was sent in a month ago.

Thanks!
 
The same situation is happening with me. My app is complete and I have one LOR submitted, but the PT's I worked for for a year aren't getting back to me (granted I worked for them 2 years ago, so I'm hoping I have the right email addresses still). I really dislike LOR's. If it weren't for them, I could e-submit now and apply to U of Utah and U of Colorado which have deadlines of Oct. 3. But unfortunately, I won't be able to apply to those schools now :mad:

So frustrating.
 
@DPTHopeful: Hello! I applied to UTHSCSA, TWU, UTMB Galveston, Texas State San Marcos, and UNTHSC. My schools of preference are that order as well. :D

I just got an early acceptance to one of them (just this morning actually!!), but I really want to hear from some of the others first. I'm not sure how to ask when is their decision deadline. ^_^;

I am also applying to UTHSC-SA and Texas State. Which one did you get an early acceptance too??
 
I had someone agree to recommend me 3 months before the application was due. 1 month before she still had not submitted, so I got after her. She verified my hours, but did not send the rec. I emailed her to let me know if she had any questions about submitting the rec and she never replied. I sent her reminder emails that the deadline was closing in for a week. The day the application was due came and she still had not submitted or replied. I called and went to her work, but couldn't get in touch with her. I called another PT last minute and begged for a rec so I would have all 3 that I needed. Finally the original PT got back to me and said she already submitted the rec a month before. Turns out either PTCAS never sent her the email (doubtful because it said it had been sent) or it went to her SPAM folder or she deleted it thinking it was a duplicate of the verification of hours. Anyway, I deleted her as a reference, resubmitted to send her a new email and she and the other PT both submitted withing 15 minutes of each other. I ended up with 4 recommendations worried I'd only have 2.
 
What a nightmare! Getting the LORs are such a pain.

I had someone agree to recommend me 3 months before the application was due. 1 month before she still had not submitted, so I got after her. She verified my hours, but did not send the rec. I emailed her to let me know if she had any questions about submitting the rec and she never replied. I sent her reminder emails that the deadline was closing in for a week. The day the application was due came and she still had not submitted or replied. I called and went to her work, but couldn't get in touch with her. I called another PT last minute and begged for a rec so I would have all 3 that I needed. Finally the original PT got back to me and said she already submitted the rec a month before. Turns out either PTCAS never sent her the email (doubtful because it said it had been sent) or it went to her SPAM folder or she deleted it thinking it was a duplicate of the verification of hours. Anyway, I deleted her as a reference, resubmitted to send her a new email and she and the other PT both submitted withing 15 minutes of each other. I ended up with 4 recommendations worried I'd only have 2.
 
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