<p>If an "Other Recommender" mailed a letter of recommendation to a college that prefers letters of recommendation come through the Common App, does that recommender also need to be "added" to the Common App, even though the letter will never be sent electronically? Does the fact that the letter was mailed need to be indicated anywhere, like maybe in the "Additional Information" section, or will the snail-mail letter just get filed when it arrives (assuming all the identifying info is on it so it goes to the correct student file)? (I'm assuming, for schools indicating no preference about mail vs. electronic "Other" recommendations, that making some kind of note about this on the Common App wouldn't be necessary, correct?)</p>
<p>It’ll get scanned and added to your folder – it happens all the time. I think mentioning in your Common app will be redundant.</p>
<p>Thanks, T26E4, that’s good to know! I sometimes wonder whether they have actual hard-copy files anymore in admissions offices.</p>
<p>Some might – but with scanning technology so simple, there’s no need to hold actual papers. Plus you can make accessible to a wide audience electronic files. Most orgs/businesses operate in this manner now. Personally, I hate papers in my office. The only ones I have are 3 old files that the archive hasn’t scanned and shredded. Everything else is e-copies.</p>
<p>actually, you are supposed to add the recommender on common app. you assign them as an offline recommender. </p>
<p>thnx for the correction guineagirl. My bad, abc</p>
<p>@T26E4 i don’t think it really matters in the long run, but there is the space on common app for it. Its more of a courtesy I think than an actual “requirement” 
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<p>Thanks, guineagirl96 and T26E4–it sounds like either way will be okay.</p>