After DS's English teacher submitted his evaluation this summer she told him she was going to mail a separate letter to admissions on his behalf, but wanted to wait until after AP scores were released, so she could include that. She said she'd done that in the past for other students. I have no idea what's asked in the evaluation, but she felt an additional letter was warranted. I don't think he knows if she ever actually sent the letter - he didn't want to bother her about it since she's also doing letters for other schools/scholarships for him and tons of other kids. DS has asked his guidance counselor to send an email recently with awards he's received since submitting his application. Per his admissions counselor, the email has to be sent by the GC with his candidate number, and then his file will be updated, presumably. He can't see whether it's updated on the portal.