<p>So basically now I can't use it. I got it in mid August, opened it then, and have delayed until now to ask for another one. I got it from a college professor I took a class with during the summer. Um...is it okay to ask him through email for another one? I'm a pretty nervous guy and REALLY don't like talking to people on the phone...</p>
<p>No… just re-seal it… use a different envelope if you have too…
DO NOT tell him. Geez!</p>
<p>“Accidentally”? Or you just wanted to know what it said? Anyway, if it would be evident (the address has to be written by him or something), tell him. If not, I suppose it would be best to just reseal it in another envelope.</p>
<p>This is the reason that they’re supposed to send the letters themselves.</p>
<p>Well don’t recommendation letters have to have the recommender’s signature on the seal?</p>
<p>You have no choice but to reask him. And yes, the envelope does need to be signed on the seal.</p>
<p>Just tell him you need a second letter for another college or scholarship. It should be fine.</p>
<p>I’m not really helping here but…</p>
<p>So you “accidentally” opened the recommendation letter huh? (wink wink)</p>
<p>That happened to me in 9th grade… well I didn’t open it. The teacher put it in the wrong mailbox, and another girl opened it. And then she gave it to me when she realized that it wasn’t hers.</p>
<p>So I just put it in a new envelope and sent it off.</p>