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Just a heads-up for anyone applying with a test waiver: once it’s approved, the school won’t look at test scores at all. So if you’re thinking about taking a test after the Round 2 deadline, I’d suggest reaching out to the school to clarify how that would work.

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For Application waiver, you’d have to reach out to college, which is when they respond with a link. You’d have to state the reason for asking it.

Not necessarily, you get application waivers from most schools by attending events

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Likewise. I suggest attending anyways, if you can. They would say if it gives waivers. And you might learn some new info that would be useful for interviews

Ok cool! I applied in R1 and that’s how it was for me. Maybe it’s different in R2. Reasoning can be stating “attended an event” Anyways - all the best everyone!!

https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ultramsgmedia/2026/1/104644/217317ff19e5e873ed8fa84a9cb165fa Hello folks, my recommender just flagged out that the portal is asking for a LOR letter. What should they put here if already filling up the responses in form?