Applying by mail and std test score submissions

Colleges & Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>Has anyone else had difficulties with the Common App, specifically troubles with your counselors/teachers receiving recommendation requests and stuff? Only about 50% of my teachers have received my recommendation requests and my counselor hasn't received any. We've checked to make sure that a spam blocker isn't messing stuff up, but our efforts have proved fruitless so far. So, I'm just gonna apply via paper and snail mail. Old school, I know.</p>

<p>So, with me applying with paper to Cornell, how should I go about submitting my ACT scores? I've looked all over the admissions site and the Common App site but have found nothing. </p>

<p>Preesh!</p>

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<p>im thinking you meant SAT scores in the title, hopefully anyways. or maybe you just meant standardized…still funny though</p>

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<p>When I applied via paper application, many moons ago, I just went to the ACT site and requested a score report be mailed to my selected colleges. I’m sure you can do the same ;)</p>

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<p>Why don´t you apply electronically and send in recommendations and transcript through slow mail?</p>

<p>What some HS guidance counselor would do is put a packet together for you - recommendation letters, transcript, school profile - then send a packet out for each school you are applying to. As long as they have your SS #, adcom will put all of your application information together, so you don´t have to worry about which piece of information gets there first.</p>

<p>I would recommend applying electronically because it will get onto school´s database faster, otherwise they would have to manually input your data to their system. Until you are in a school´s database, you won´t be contacted for interview.</p>

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<p>By “std,” I meant standardized.</p>

<p>And dewdrop, it is possible to have ACT mail the score report instead of electronically submitting it? I was unsure of that also.</p>

<p>I do have a packet of my recommendation letters, transcripts, etc., but they have to be mailed to a separate place than the application. There’s a different address. Unfortunately, applying electronically seems nearly impossible because most of my teachers and my counselor have had no success even being able to login to the Common App stuff. I have no idea why it’s not working.</p>