<p>"Interesting. I can see how it would be different for a scholarship committee, but I am surprised that photocopied recommendations would be acceptable for a college application. There is just too great a possibility that a student could "photoshop" a recommendation. "</p>
<p>Kids write recommendations very differently than teachers would. The content, not the letterhead or original signature, is what gives things away.</p>
<p>At S's school, the teachers gave the recommendations to the GC, who photocopied them and sent them with the student's app and transcript. Unless the students told the teachers where they were applying, the teachers didn't know.</p>