<p>I went to do reserach with a college professor over the past summer, and I'm sure he'd write me a nice letter of recommendation. However, on CommonApp I don't see anywhere to add an additional letter. Do I just sent it in to the school by physical mail without indicating it on my application, or is there something I'm missing? Thanks!</p>
<p>If it's a letter of reference or a non-academic recommendation, you don't have to use a common app or university form for it. My school sent mine with my transcript, but you could also just give the professor a stamped and addressed envelope and ask him to send the letter.</p>
<p>Do you think it's a bad idea to send an extra letter without the school saying you're allowed to?</p>
<p>At my summer program they invited the student affairs vice chancellor to speak with us and he said it might be a bad idea to send more letters than they ask for. Anyone else have opinions on this?</p>
<p>Ask the prof to write your full name and perhaps your birthdate on it, to make it easier for the admissions office to match it up with your file.</p>
<p>Some schools specifically discourage the submission of supplemental materials (i.e. Stanford) Be sure to check the websites of each school you are applying to.</p>
<p>My D also did research, and this was an important part of her application.
Her research director offered to write a rec. My D supplied her with the stamped addressed envelopes as well as the common app # or the ID # of a couple of schools that did not use common app. The # (and student name, birth date as mentioned above) was included at the top of the letter as well as name and ID # on the front of the envelopes. Her director sent the letters herself, without my D having seen them. </p>
<p>For those schools which allowed supp material and whose applications provided a box indicating "research supp material to be sent" (or something to that effect similar to portfolios etc), my D also sent a reduced copy of her research presentation poster, folded so as to be 8 1/2" x 11. In cases where this was forwarded, the director rec (sealed) was enclosed in the same large envelope.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the feedback. I think I'll probably do the same and submit my rec and research paper in the same package.</p>