<p>Do I just mail them to the schools. My teachers did them out by hand and gave them to me.</p>
<p>Yes, mail them. Did you sign the privacy notice? If so, they should have given them to you in sealed envelopes with their signature across the seal.</p>
<p>Be sure they include your identifying information: full name as it appears on your application; college ID number if you’ve been given one, or date of birth; name of HS.</p>
<p>If they gave you your letters and you’re using the commonapp they have to be sealed and mailed. You can’t open them and read them per the agreement signed by commonapp.</p>
<p>Oh I see. Well my teachers really like me and trust me, so they gave me them with the common app form. They told me to waive my rights so it looks legit. How do I have them send the envelope? They gave me the common app forms filled out</p>
<p>I think most schools like a confidential , sealed envelope . The college feels those letters are more honest . I don’t think handwritten matters , but it should be sealed .</p>
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<p>For any hard copy transcripts, LORs, SSR and Teacher evaluation forms, they should be in sealed envelopes with a signature/stamp over the seal, this is the way that colleges know they haven’t been tampered with. It really doesn’t have anything to do with trust in the student, it’s just the way things are done to assure authenticity.</p>
<p>If your teachers don’t know this, they should be informed by your HS GC that this is standard procedure.</p>
<p>Oh okay I will tell them.</p>