<p>well, i opened one of my transcripts to make sure everything is correct (kinda late though) and i saw there wasn’t an official stamp on it. everyone i talked to from my school who checked theirs all had official stamps. i think whoever packaged my transcript (usually student aids do them) probably forgot. is this something i should worry about? maybe just go ahead and send them, and then after winter break, send another copy?</p>
<p>Well, generally you aren't supposed to open your transcript. Any transcripts I have ever requested have had seals that say on them something to the effect of: "If you break this seal and open this it's useless".</p>
<p>yeah, i opened 1 to make sure it was right, and it wasn't.</p>
<p>That probably wasn't a good idea. Just send it, and if they don't take it just have the school send it directly to them.</p>
<p>The transcripts at my school are always stamped and was told that it should be, to show that it's official. You might want to ask about it.</p>
<p>It's kind of funny that your schools seal the transcipts so you can't read them. I ask for copies of mine all the time, just to look at it and check to make sure things are right. They only things we can't see at our school are the teacher and counselor recs. and even then you can usually get a copy if you try.</p>
<p>Students can request unofficial transcripts, but those aren't useful in transferring credit or sending to colleges.</p>
<p>my school just give you the transcripts if you want them, or you can see your teacher recs and counselor recs too if you want.</p>
<p>my school gives me mine, but it says SAMPLE written in big letters diagonally across it.</p>
<p>Schools have different policies. Many official transcripts will be embossed with the school or school district seal, and may be date stamped and/or signed by the school registrar or other school official. </p>
<p>Breaking a sealed envelope can render a rec letter or transcript useless.</p>
<p>I've always been given all my things to mail. I have my teacher and GC recs. I'm a little worried though because both of my teachers had errors in their recs. The actual recs are pretty good and they say good stuff but they have spelling errors and typos. I can't ask them to fix the mistakes because we're on break and it would be extremely rude but I'm worried that this might affect whether I'm accepted or not.</p>
<p>baggins: I would hope that it wouldn't affect if you were accepted or not. You really have no control over your teachers proof reading their own work. It probably looks pretty bad on the teacher's part, though, and it wouldn't say much for your school. But I doubt that it'd affect you.</p>
<p>thats good to hear. I was worrying a bit because Penn is my dream school and I don't want to be put back any more than I have to be.</p>
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The actual recs are pretty good and they say good stuff but they have spelling errors and typos.
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Adcoms are well aware that rec letters might contain spelling and grammar errors. Don't worry about it.</p>
<p>we have to pay $2 per transcript.</p>
<p>My school was pretty lax about it. I attend a magnet school for half the day (about 50 students in the class of '06), and we have our own counselor. She filled everything out for us and pretty much just handed it back to us in the folder we put our form requests in.</p>
<p>Both of my teachers I used for recs let me look over their recommendations too. So when it came time to mail all of my materials in a big envelope, I simply just put everything in there and that was it. Really saved me the worries that my teachers/counselor would forget to send something in, as I was able to personally mail everything at the post office.</p>
<p>I think if I had tried to do this at my 'home' high school were I spend the other half of my day, things would be different. But I'm a pretty good student and both of my recommenders put me down as being one of the top few in their career for integrity and whatever other stuff like that they ask for on recs.</p>