<p>My counselor insists I need to submit my common applications by mail, because in her words "our school system can't submit transcripts online."
However, mail submission is tricky with post offices being closed January 1st and having limited hours January 31st.
From what I understand, it's fine to submit your application on-line and have teacher recs and counselor/rec/statements submitted by mail.
I don't want to deliberately disobey her, but one of my colleges doesn't even allow off-line submission and I have no way to contact her. </p>
<p>Also, could someone reply with the link to the thread about sending different common apps to different colleges (as in multiple online copes)?</p>
<p>Thank you so much guys! I would fail at this completely without you, or at least worry that I'm doing something wrong.</p>
<p>I submitted my common app online and sent the transcripts by mail, and all of the schools I applied to were fine with that. My school doesn't even offer to submit transcripts online, so I think you should be fine too. Your counselor probably won't even know if you submit it online versus in the mail unless you explicitly tell her. Good luck with your applications!</p>
<p>I did everything that I as the student was required to do via the internet. Everything that the school sent in was sent in by mail (transcripts, teacher recs, school info, etc.). </p>
<p>Therefore you are correct in saying that your school can send in whatever it needs to send in via snail mail, as long as you do what you need to do via the internet.</p>
<p>what an idiotic counselor. you are right. i sent all my side of the application electronically, while my school's side was done snail mail (because the school's not very technologically advanced). everything seems fine for me.</p>