<p>Question: Son was just handed back recommendation latter, form and envelope by teacher and asked to mail it himself. The letter is a rave, so son was delighted.
I thought the teacher was supposed to put it in the stamped envelope we provided and sign across the seal? Should son take it back and ask teacher to do this? Or, just send it off as is?
Also, teacher has said it is perfectly ok to make as many copies of the letter as he might need in the future to use at other schools-- is this acceptable?</p>
<p>Not a problem at all. Send it off as is. And yes, copies are acceptable.</p>
<p>(Same thing happened with my d, as the teacher moved away at the end of her junior year, before she knew where she would apply. He wrote the letter, gave it to her, and she sent them out with her applications. She had very good results.)</p>
<p>Thanks! We will tuck some copies in the college file.</p>
<p>Ya know, just so the schools know the letter's authentic, I think I'd do all the administrative stuff (stuff the letter, address it, put on postage), take the letters to the teacher and ask her to sign the back of the envleopes. The horse is out of the barn -- S has seen the letter -- but the envelope signature will add some credibility.</p>
<p>S did this with a supplemental rec last year. Mentor let him see the letter, had him assemble everything, and then he signed. The other letters went straight from the GC/other rec's school.</p>
<p>Mine was written on an school letter head and signed by my teacher, so I just made copies of it and sent it off with my other supplements. Not a very good idea to tell the teacher to print out 15 recommendations lol.</p>
<p>I don't think it's a big deal. Many teachers choose to show students their recs, the important thing is that he signed away his rights to see it...</p>
<p>There is a law that says that students must be able to see their recs unless they waive the right to do so (which many do choose to do but apparently not on CC lol) so as long as your son hasn't, which I assume he hasn't, why would it matter?</p>
<p>I think this is fairly common. One school required that the teacher sign, so D took that envelope back in to school and asked her to sign before mailing it out. The rest she just mailed herself. Even though she had checked the "waive your right to see" box, the teacher showed her the rec and asked her to comment on it.</p>