<p>I saw the forms one of my friends printed for one of our teachers and she had her name and applicant number on the bottom of each page, each form. She said it was cause she invited her teachers onto the application and printed the forms from there. I was under the assumption that if we were filling in schools forms paper based that wasn't necessary. So I've given all my teachers the generic forms I printed from the "Download Forms" section and everything is actually done. Do I need to invite my teachers and then reprint a whole new set of forms? </p>
<p>I've contacted Common App Support and they've told me that it's best to print it with the personal footer because it's official and they even went as far as telling me some schools may not accept the generic ones as official :S Which is why I ask, what are the forms doing there for download if they're not considered official?!?! Plus don't they have instructions within the Common App telling you to download the specific forms from the "Download Forms" section of the website? I might be wrong there..I'm not sure.</p>
<p>Bottom line is, should I be panicking cause some schools may reject my application simply cause my name's not in the footer? I'm applying to Rice, Macalester and Illinois Institute of Tech if anybody knows any school specific policies. </p>
<p>Oh and to top it all off, I spent freshman-junior year at a school in Hong Kong (I'm in Toronto now) so my counselor there actually finished everything and mail it all out for me 2 weeks ago, he was very efficient. So do I need to send HIM the "official" forms too?? Their last official day of school there before winter break is wednesday so considering time difference and the weekend etc I am so scared I won't get everything done in time. School here ends next Friday too, which isn't any better. Plus it's Thursday night already! Any replies I get from admissions staff at the schools probably won't come until Friday after school which would mean I can't get anything done at school till Monday!</p>
<p>What should I do?!?! I'm kinda panicking already here...anybody else heard of/been in/are in a similar situation???</p>
<p>Btw, does everybody else have their name in the footer of all their school forms?</p>
<p>Thanks for any advice in advance!</p>