<p>Should i use mailing labels for my teacher recommendations or is it OK to just handwrite the address on the envelope?</p>
<p>anybody know?</p>
<p>I kind of it did it 50/50. As I know my handwriting is sort of sloppy, I just printed out the mailing addresses and pasted them on. It looked a lot better than me just scribbling it down and was quick.</p>
<p>I doubt it matters, as long as your handwriting is legible.</p>
<p>(waiting 60 seconds waiting 60 seconds waiting 60 seconds waiting 60 seconds oh em gee waiting 60 seconds)</p>
<p>crap what kind of postage do you need for a 9x12?</p>
<p>also i was going to put the return address as follows:</p>
<p>Teacher's Name (My name in parentheses)
School
School Address</p>
<p>made labels and used them on the envelopes and the post cards that came back to the house (verifying that the recs were received). Just helped to keep things more organized.</p>
<p>for the return address, the teacher will usually use the school stamp with the school's address.</p>
<p>I would suggest finding out how much paper is in the envelope -how many pages is your school profile, transcripts, recs, evaluations (should not be more than 10 sheets). Place 10 sheets of paper in an envelope, take it to the post office and have it weighed, they will definitely tell you the postage or (if you have a food scale you can weigh it at home). Err on the side of spending a few pennies more, because post office will return for insufficient postage.</p>
<p>a large envelope - bigger than these dimensions -
* Height exceeds 6-1/8 inches, or
* Length exceeds 11-1/2 inches, or
* Thickness exceeds 1/4 inch
has a surcharge added.</p>
<p><a href="http://postcalc.usps.gov/%5B/url%5D">http://postcalc.usps.gov/</a>
This calculator is great (as long as you have an accurate scale)</p>
<p>Yes, you're right for the return address.</p>
<p>I just ran my envelopes through the printer... pretty straightforward method in MS Word.</p>
<p>so i can include a postcard with the envelopes? can i just have a blank postcard with only my name and address ? like even if the college doesnt suggest it they'll stamp a postcard and mail it back?</p>
<p>What We did with the post cards: </p>
<p>Send self addressed stamped post cards</p>
<p>They were addressed to our home on one side.</p>
<p>On the other side wrote received by:
name of the college (the person opening your envelope will sign and stamp the post card) and it will be mailed back to you.
In the bottom corner, wrote what it was. Teacher RE (and initials of teacher), application fee, what ever you were mailing.</p>
<p>Kept folders for all of the schools (because many schools still do not have on line tracking (or it takes a while to update the tracking). That way we knew who got what.</p>
<p>Do you only include the Self Addressed Stamped post cards for the Teacher's rec? If the school is the one sending your transcripts etc how can we include the post cards in those to know that they were received by the colleges?</p>
<p>Also the postage: 10 pages of papers plus 1 postcard. Take it to be weiged at post office.<br>
What size envelope did you use?</p>
<p>usually a 9 x 12 or 10 x 13 envelope.</p>
<p>My D used the coomon app for all of her schools and applied on line. She inserted post cards addressed to our home for everything that went snail mail: she gave on to her teachers for the recs, she gave post cards to the GCs for her transcript and counselor recs, she added on to the checks which were sent via snail mail and put them in with any supplemental stuff that had to go through the mail. It cost a few extra dollars, but the piece of mind was well worth it.</p>
<p>sybbie719, postcard is great idea. Too bad, I didn't think of that, I am already done sending almost everything. Hope it all reaches. I guess I can call and find out in a couple of weeks.</p>
<p>In your daughter's case, what percentage of the mail didn't reach? Just curious.</p>
<p>Yah, I used labels because my writing is atrocious. I believe a 9x12 is 78 cents if it's not heavy, which it probably won't be unless your teacher writes a book.</p>
<p>She got the postcard (s) back from all of her schools. They were stamped with the date received and signed. That way if there was a problem we had a person to refer back to.</p>
<p>^^ Thanks. The USPS came through in your D's case. I will keep my fingers crossed. Many schools are early action, so I may not have time to send again if the mail system screws up.</p>
<p>That was our original fear since RD applications are due on/ around december 31st, even mailing early your stuff gets caught up in the holiday mail and even the postal workers are human and things get lost/ rerouted.</p>
<p>Good luck with EA.</p>