<p>i'm a deferree from Yale, and so in early January I sent some updates and a new essay through international express mail, which is supposed to reach the US in 4 days at most. i've just received a call from the post office saying that my delivery has failed. it took 1 month for them to notify me?!</p>
<p>anyway, what can i do now? i'm going to request redelivery - i just hope they haven't lost the whole darn envelope altogether. im worried that it may hurt me if they receive it as late as next week, and since there's quite abit of new stuff to read. but i hope it's not too bad, since ive heard that Yale reviews deferrees only after reviewing the RD apps - is that true?</p>
<p>also, should i request that the postal company attach a note to the envelope explaining the failed delivery and subsequent redelivery?</p>
<p>email or call yale and let them know about the situation. you could try to get the postal company attach the note too. you cud try getting explanations and compensation from the postal company as well. out of curiosity who did you use to send the docs?</p>
<p>Definitely give them a call and tell them of your situation. </p>
<p>They might ask you to fax it over, or if you're redelivering your things, then at least they'd be expecting it and make allowances for the delay.</p>
<p>Call Yale admissions and tell then you are sending via Fed Ex copies of the material that was not delivered. If possible, find out specifically who you should address the Fed Ex package to- your Admissions rep?the head of the Admissions dept?</p>
<p>I agree that FedEx, UPS or DHL is the safest way to send things, <em>but</em> they lose things internationally, too (we just recently had a package of samples "disappear" from DHL) <em>and</em> they can be terribly expensive. We get commercial prices, which are much cheaper and routinely pay a minimum of about $100 to send documents to Asia. </p>
<p>All that to say, it can be a lot harder than it sounds. </p>
<p>To the OP: I would call if you are able to -- I highly recommend skype.com as the cheapest way to make international calls -- and let them know what has happened and that you will be resending. An email attachment if they will accept it may be the fastest and easiest way. Another alternative is an email to fax service like myfax.com</p>
<p>okay, ive already faxed it in after i saw this thread. but should i also fax in the letter of explanation for lost mail i got from the post company? would it seem obsessive? what should i tell Yale about why i wanna give them that letter?</p>