Added a second letter, did this change my "complete" dates?

[itsfun2learn]

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Hey everyone!

So I submitted many secondaries pretty early. My committee letter was also sent around 07/10 or so, and several schools sent me "application complete" emails at that time. In the course of things, I realized one of my letters hadn't been added to the packet.

I contacted my committee people to confirm this, added a new slot for this letter to be added individually, and send the requisite form to the chair of the committee for submission.

Long story short, the letter wasn't submitted for another ~10 days. My question, then, is THIS:

When I added the new letter slot, did the schools that had already considered me "complete" STILL think I was complete even though there was a new, empty slot for a relatively long time? Or did I get pushed back by those 10 days? Very neurotic question, I know, but any insight into this would ease my mind a bit!

 

[SooConfused]

It doesn't matter. All schools that accept committee letters accept them in lieu of other LOR requirements, no matter what happens to be included in the packet. That's why you were marked complete even though something was missing.

Once you are marked complete, there is no going back, so, no, you didn't get pushed back. OTOH, if you were reviewed without that extra letter, there is no guarantee that anyone is ever going to go back to look at it. If your file was not yet looked at, then you are fine, because the extra letter will be there when they do look at your file.

Submitting additional material after you are marked complete does not cause you to lose whatever place you have in the review priority. Just be aware that few, if any, schools review in chronological order based on complete date.

 

[itsfun2learn]

It doesn't matter. All schools that accept committee letters accept them in lieu of other LOR requirements, no matter what happens to be included in the packet. That's why you were marked complete even though something was missing.

Once you are marked complete, there is no going back, so, no, you didn't get pushed back. OTOH, if you were reviewed without that extra letter, there is no guarantee that anyone is ever going to go back an look at it. If your file was not yet looked at, then you are fine.

Submitting additional material after you are marked complete does not cause you to lose whatever place you have in the review priority. Just be aware that few, if any, schools review in chronological order based on complete date.

Awesome, thank you for the context.

I appreciate it!