<p>Can someone clarify if this is correct: </p>
<p>1) If the university utilizes the Common Application, the teacher can photocopy the same teacher recommendation used by other CA schools and mail it out.</p>
<p>2) If university does not use CA, teacher has to fill out the form provided by school and send it to school. </p>
<p>Is that correct?</p>
<p>bump! someone please help!</p>
<p>I am a teacher along with being a parent here on the forum. I will tell you what I do. In one case, a former student gave me a recommendation form that was very specific and not at all like the CA form. I used it and sent it. In other cases, most of the students have at least on CA college they are applying to. I then do one form, photocopy it as many times as needed, and attach a separate recommendation. If the student had another non CA college they were applying to, I would fill out the recommendation form that was like the CA form and then attach the same letter. I don’t know if others do the same but do know that this is what teachers are doing with my daughter’s recommendations too.</p>
<p>Military Mom is exactly right. Teachers generally save their recs electronically so they can be reused. They then attach a copy to whatever form the school requires. For common app schools, this can be done by mail or online. The common app site allows recommenders to upload an attachment.</p>