R3 applicant here. I submitted my application on April 1st. My GMAT score has been received, and yesterday I paid the application fee. My official transcripts are on the way and should arrive in a couple of days. The only thing missing is one of my recommendations...
Will my application be reviewed without this recommendation, or will they wait until it is received. For some reason, on the 1st, my recommender contacted me, telling me that when he logged on, there was a message saying that there was a 6 week window to complete the recommendation starting like March 18th or something. (I'm like, really? You took the time to login, and now you're not going to just finish it?) I tried to tell him that Texas has a rolling admissions policy, and while the 1st is not an official deadline, the sooner everything gets done, the sooner my application can be reviewed, but right now he doesn't really see it as a priority. Unfortunately, he is sort of my only hope at this point, so I can't turn to anyone else. Should I turn up the heat on this guy, say something like, "the admissions department at Texas contacted me and they need you to submit your recommendation before they can being reviewing my application?"
Any thoughts?