<p>When applying to colleges or universities that require recommendations, is it absolutely necessary for my recommender to be the one who mails the letter? If not, would it be acceptable for me to just mail the recommendation in an envelope to be mailed with my application and have the recommender sign his name over the seal? Can someone please help me with this question??</p>
<p>I think it would be fine for your instructor to sign over the seal and then for you to include that envelope in your application packet.</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing as I am going through this too.</p>
<p>It’s an interesting question. I guess asking the admissions office might be the most intelligent way to answer it. I hate to ask them any stupid questions though lol.</p>
<p>I gave my professors stamped and addressed envelopes.</p>
<p>Because I may not get into any schools for next fall, I was wondering if a professor could write a letter addressed to my house so I could make copies of if for next yr. Is this possible?</p>
<p>I wonder what they write on the letter of recommendation, since they don’t want us to see it. I really hope they don’t write something negative. For example I know for a fact I am not a Harvard type of student and no I am not applying, if I was to tell my professor to write a letter of recommendation to Harvard would they write that this student is not Harvard material or just write that this students is hard working, etc etc.</p>
<p>My professor let me see what she wrote, which I thought was interesting. Can you send the letter yourself to schools?</p>
<p>Have him sign over the seal. I did this transferring to Northwestern, because I asked my recommender several months before I applied. Everything worked out fine. It was hard, but I never opened the letter.</p>
<p>What do you mean by signing over the seal?</p>
<p>I’m thinking of having it so my professors just sign over the seal and then I send it out in a big envelope with both or all 3 recs. Is the general consensus that this is an ok practice?</p>
<p>Raven, when the professor places your LOR into the envelope and then closes/seals it up. They then sign over the seal which shows that it wasn’t opened.</p>
<p>OK. So can I still send in the letters myself or not?</p>
<p>So long as you don’t open it after it’s been sealed and don’t write your return address on the envelope… I don’t see why not. That’s just my opinion though.</p>
<p>I thought it did not make a difference but according to the CA instructions it states:
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<p>For letters of Recs, I gave the professors a pre-stamped envelope with my address as the return address. It caused no problems. Hypothetically, the college will not know the difference.</p>
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<p>I was thinking the same thing. Chances are admission officers are not opening mail, but clerks or workers doing the daily administrative tasks. I doubt they have the time to inspect the thousands of envelopes to see where it came from, is the name signed over the seal, did you address it, etc. As long as it gets there.</p>
<p>Can i send letter myself?</p>
<p>My professor has already sent a letter of recommendation to colleges even though I have not applied yet. Should I call the schools and tell them that I will be sending out my applications in the next upcoming weeks? I am worried that they won’t look at the letter because I have not applied yet.</p>
<p>Admissions will create a file with your name on it and keep it. When they get your application, they will add it to the file. Don’t worry about it.</p>