<p>Priority deadline for most of my schools is Nov 1. I want to make sure the mailing process is done as smoothly as possible so I want to mail my transcripts like in the next two days. I probably won't submit the online applications until later next week since I want to make sure my essays are top-notch.</p>
<p>It’s ok, but do you mean you’re going to mail a copy of your transcript, or you’re going to go to your high school’s registrar’s office and have them mail a copy of your transcript? Most schools won’t accept the former.</p>
<p>I have, in my hand, four official transcripts in four envelopes with individual seals on them stamped on the back and front. I’ll mail them with the high school’s return address, but certify the mailing to make sure the admissions offices at the various colleges receive them.</p>
<p>When in doubt, call the schools. They are much more reliable sources of information than a message board. ;)</p>
<p>Do you guys mail your own “sealed” transcripts??</p>
<p>Don’t your schools send them?</p>
<p>Is this a new thing for kids to have several sealed transcripts for them to send out? Is this something the larger schools are doing?</p>
<p>I’ve heard of hand-carrying a sealed transcript or bringing one in for an internship job, but this is new to me.</p>
<p>Our school is delighted if the student sends the sealed transcripts themselves, thereby reducing their load. It also is quicker & more reliable than some registrar offices.</p>
<p>To OP- most schools are happy to receive the transcripts first. Just be sure you have registered on admissions website with your identifying info- name and SS#, etc., so they know where to file the transcripts.</p>
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<p>Quoting your reply to me in another thread: “I think when people have limited exposure to what other colleges are doing, they think that all colleges do what their kids’ colleges do. Not so.” ;)</p>
<p>My D picked up her transcripts at the school office in sealed envelopes, with the school’s stamp over the seal. The front of the envelope was blank, for D to address and then mail. Recc letters were handled the same way. Personally, I was glad to KNOW that those transcripts & letters were in the mail, rather than relying on a harried, understaffed, semi-competent GC office to do it.</p>
<p>Back to the original question… (is it OK to send them before application…not…HOW to send them)</p>
<p>I’ve heard some schools say that they will accept them, but that they don’t guarantee they won’t get lost. Because, if you don’t yet have an application on file…and those transcripts arrive…they get put “on hold”, along with TONS of other snail or e-mail. So it’s possible they’ll never “match up”. If you chose to send them, keep that in mind, and be diligent in making sure your application status shows that supplemental materials were received. Good luck.</p>
<p>Even if it DOES get lost, why are you fretting? If an item is missing, they will contact you asking you to re-send. They aren’t just gonna dump your file into a huge shredder. They actually WANT to read your file, you know. They WANT to admit you believe it or not. This isn’t anything to get nervous about.</p>
<p>OP: Sorry, but do NOT assume they will contact you if you do not have all your supplemental materials. Many do NOT do that. </p>
<p>t6e3: OP is sending PHYSICAL transcripts. They are MUCH harder to resend when you have to start back at square one with your guidance office.</p>
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<p>You beat me to it. </p>
<p>OP: My D did ALL of her application work all by herself; I am not an interfering mother. To this day, I don’t even know what her essay topic was. BUT!!! The one thing I absolutely insisted on was this: Once all of her materials were submitted, once everything was done, I MADE her contact the Admissions Offices just to make sure they had everything they needed. You have worked too hard to take the risk that some random piece of paper got misfiled or lost in the mail. Please – it only takes an email or phone call, and it could make the difference between getting admitted or not.</p>