<p>I want my teacher to send in his recommendations online, but he has always done this through the mail. However, he has agreed to do it online just for me.</p>
<p>But does the Common Application allow teachers to submit recommendations via different methods for different students? What are your thoughts? Thanks!</p>
<p>It certainly has that flexibility.</p>
<p>I only believe that it’s confusing if you, as the student, is forced to handle both paper and online recommendations. I have to do that for my counselor recs (my guidance office is still stuck in the pre-digital age) while both teachers love the online idea.</p>
<p>So can I do online for one teacher and paper for another teacher and the school forms? I found this on the Common App Support Center:
“The teacher and counselor recommendation process is to be completed either all online or all offline. The college admissions offices do not want to receive the forms online and then receive paper evaluations and transcripts on paper. If there is a part of the online process that the counselor or teacher is unable to complete, the only choice is for the counselor or teacher to opt out and do the forms on paper.”
Do they actually enforce this? Because it would really be annoying if I have to get my online teacher to do paper. Anyone who did mixed before?</p>
<p>The common app advice applies on a recommender by recommender basis. A single recommender should not do both paper and online submissions. But, separate recommenders can certainly individually decide whether to submit online or on paper. overall the preference of schools is to receive online rather than on paper.</p>
<p>Thanks, that makes me feel a lot better.</p>