<p>Is it okay to fax transcripts and counselor recommendations to colleges rather than spending a lot of money on international mailing?</p>
<p>The colleges I'm sending them to are:</p>
<p>Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Stanford
Cornell
Hofstra U</p>
<p>If that helps</p>
<p>If your counselor is familiar with common app, the school forms for all those schools (not sure about Hofstra) can be submitted online. Otherwise, I think you have to mail it rather than fax it, but you could always call the schools and ask.</p>
<p>Many schools such as MIT and Stanford give priority to Fax over Mail. You’ll have to contact each of the universities you are applying to have more information. </p>
<p>By the way, I am international and I have concluded that mail can sometimes be much cheaper than fax. In my case, I had to send about 50 pages of transcripts and other documents. If I had gone with Fax, I would spend about U$5 per page; the cost would be enormous. By mail, I packed everything together and wasted only U$40 (from Brazil to US) via DHL. I recommend making some calculations to make sure which way is better.</p>