letter of recommendation late

General Advice

hii!

my first app was due on Monday and i turned everything on time (yayy!) and 2/3 of my LOR writers submitted BUT my 3rd one has yet to submit, am i just doomed ?? 😭😭😭 i spent $70 on the application and i feel so defeated

i have a great relationship w this writer as well! i’ve known them for about 4yrs now, they were my supervisor in undergrad and then we became colleagues after i graduated but i am no longer working at that campus anymore :((( so i felt super confident he’d write one for me and submit it on time! I did send him emails a week prior, l the week of, and the day of and he hasn’t responded to my emails :(((

i ended up texting him (more than likely unprofessional i know but i was panicking) the day of letting him know it was due tonight (monday) he DID reply but all he said was ā€œi didn’t see the date, let me find itā€ and that’s all :( i emailed him again this morning to remind him but hasn’t responded, should i text him again?? this is my first ever grad app so this really bums me out that not everything was submitted on time, do i still have a chance ? :(

i really hope he’s ok and nothing is wrong in his personal life or work

Posted Jan 10, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC

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