<p>Three week ago I dropped off all my teacher recommendation letters and school forms at the post office. As of now, none of them have arrived at the institutions they were intended for, so I have to go back to my teachers and counselor to ask them to fax the materials instead, some of which will have to be redone because no one made copies. Maybe some of this is common sense, but some advice for others submitting application materials by mail:</p>
<p>-Put a return address on the envelope.
-Do not send everything together at once.
-Make copies of everything before sending it, or if the forms are given to you in sealed envelopes, ask your teachers if they could keep a spare copy until you know the school(s) have received everything, just in case.
-Put a postcard in the envelopes for schools to send back when they receive the forms so you know sooner rather than later whether to resend everything.</p>
<p>Anyway... hope this is helpful.</p>