<p>I'm starting the college application at the moment, and I was just wondering if I should do it online or written and send it? If online, how should I give it to my counselor and teachers?</p>
<p>iono, im thinking the same, im leaning towards just writing it even though on some sites they prefer u apply online, cuz i feel that writing it is more personal idk thats just my thought</p>
<p>Online: It makes it so much easier to read, it is sent INSTANTLY, you save paper, and many colleges waiver the application fee if you apply online.</p>
<p>And writing IS more personal, but in my opinion only when writing things like letters. The admissions office has to read hundreds of apps, and they'd probably prefer not to be slowed down by reading handwriting.</p>
<p>agree w/ carrots</p>
<p>if handwriting is the problem, I could always just spent like twice as much time writing it and making it readable. But if I were to do it online and send it, how about the recommendations from counselor and teachers? How are they supposed to do it?</p>
<p>lol ye online is much convenient. that's why the colleges recommend using it. I think I'd save like 300$ for application.</p>
<p>You will hand the forms over to your teachers with stamped envelopes and they will send it in typed, if need be, though I think CommonApp recommendations can now be sent online as well. </p>
<p>One of the major problem with submitting by hand is admissions staff will have to enter your records manually into the computer, and this slows them down and ****es them off - you don't want that.</p>
<p>^ Yea - the great thing about online is that each college no longer has to throw away over likely 200,000 pieces of paper each admission season. (Assuming 20 pages per app, including teacher recs and counseler recs and transcripts and essays).</p>
<p>Online = no trees killed, no mailboxes filled. Just easy lights on a screen.</p>
<p>online, reduces errors in transcription plus the schools like it better.</p>
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<li>Online sometimes you don't have to pay an application fee</li>
<li>You don't have to worry about handwriting etc..</li>
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<p>if I do it online, will the teacher/counselor recs be online also or written? because my counselor said that she doesn't do it online</p>
<p>Even if you submit online, your recs, transcripts, etc. can still be mailed in (assuming the rules haven't changed since last year)</p>
<p>^ I heard a rule about colleges wanting the stuff to be ALL done online or ALL done by mail but I'm not positive</p>
<p>That's totally bogus, voodoo_santa.</p>
<p>OK, here's the deal:
Common app, you can do part online and part offline although it's easier for the college to pick one. UNLESS it's an all-in-one institution, in which case they won't start reviewing it (if you mailed it) or get it in their inbox (if you do it online) until both the app & the supplement are submitted. With All-in-one schools, you have to pick online or offline.</p>
<p>As far as teacher recs, optional essays, writing samples, counselor recs, etc., those can be sent by mail. That's how I did it, and I'm in college now, so I would say that it's allowable.</p>
<p>Of course, your millage might vary; check the website for each school you are applying to, to be safe.</p>
<p>colleges say that applying online won't affect your chances at all, and it's received instantly rather than the time it takes to reach the admissions office by mail. Usually you can print out a copy of your app before you send it if you want to show it to Guidance Counselors or something. Honestly I think that by applying online you're doing both you and the admissions committee a favor.</p>
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I heard a rule about colleges wanting the stuff to be ALL done online or ALL done by mail but I'm not positive
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What they mean by that is they want all parts of your application to be done either online or by mail. That is to say, they don't want you to fill out Part 1 (the part with your biographical info) online, and then send Part 2 (essays and what not) through the mail. Recs can be sent in by mail even if the rest of your app is online.</p>