Extra Recommendation Letter

Applying to College
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<p>I have a REALLY good rec. letter that would do nothing but improve my application but since its from an outside source, how would I be able to send it?</p>

<p>My counselor said it cannot be attached to the common app but I may be able to send it myself. But are there schools that won't accept it? The letter has an official letterhead and the person that gave it to me probably doesn't have time to send it to all the schools I'm applying to. So can I send the letter myself? Do I have to attach anything else along with it?</p>

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<p>Bump
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<p>Yes you can send i t yourself. It’ll be appended to your file.</p>

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<p>I’d give your outside recomendation person self-addressed stamped envelopes and have him/her send it on their own— you address the envelopes and stamp them…but, he/she sends them…or, he seals them and you send them certified…something to make sure the school knows you did not write or see the letter…just my opinion</p>

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<p>The thing is that she’s not going to be available for some time and I have apps due Nov. 1, so is there no way I can send it myself? Will colleges really look down on this?</p>

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<p>I recommend you ask each school their policy on additional letters of recommendation because dont even accept them.</p>

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<p>If your college accepts other recommenders, you should be able to invite them through the CA. Many of D’s colleges require none but accept up to three.</p>

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<p>If I do send an extra one, do I have to include a cover letter or something explaining what it is or provide any other ID info?</p>

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<p>Yale, for example, recommends that the supplemental LOR include (at the top of the page): an indication that it is a SUPPLEMENTAL LOR, the student’s name as it will appear on the application, the HS name, the HS city and state, and the applicant’s birth date. That might be overkill, but it should get it into the right folder.</p>

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<p>Is it possible for me to attach a cover page with all that info and attach it to the rec. letter in the same envelope?</p>

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<p>The letter has to be sent by the person who’s written it. You can’t send the letter yourself. That defeats the confidentiality of the letter. </p>

<p>Frankly if the person who’s recommending you is “too” busy to send the letter then the letter has little value.</p>

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<p>Fogcity, how does that make sense? If the person is to busy that could only mean that the person is of high importance and the rec. letter is high of value.</p>

<p>And just to clear your doubts, this letter is far from having little value.</p>

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<p>fogcity is right, you cannot send the LOR for the same reason you can’t put your transcript into an envelope and send it. Hard copy LORs should always have the signature of the recommender across the seal to guarantee authenticity. </p>

<p>Provide your recommender with copies of a coverletter with your identifying information like that in post #9 and addressed envelopes (with your address as the return address so that if something happens they come back to you). All they need to do is print duplicates of the letter, stuff the envelopes and sign over the seal.</p>

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<p>Fogcity, how does that make sense? If the person is to busy that could only mean that the person is of high importance and the rec. letter is high of value.</p>

<p>This is a great example of faulty logic.</p>

<p>I’ll echo what fogcity and entomom said: a letter or recommendation that does not come directly from the recommender has little value. If the person writing the letter for you cannot be bothered to take a minute to put it in an envelope and mail it to schools that you are applying to, then they must not think that highly of you. I don’t care how “important” the person is.</p>