Paper or Online?

Applying to College
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Hello folks, needed some info on the online applications.

I’d love to use the online procedure since it’s much easier to key in and track later, but I have an elementary doubt.

<li>When I enter all my transcript information etc online, what happens to documents such as a teacher’s report or a recommendation? How is this validated? </li>
<li>If I want to attach supporting documents such as certificates and resumes, can I send these in to colleges in paper form?</li>

Given this, is it better to send all my application material inclduing forms, resume, certificates, recommendations in one nice pack and mail it to the university?

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<p>You'll fill out only the application itself online. </p>

<p>Your transript will still be sent officially from your school, and you'll still mail in the teacher recs etc.</p>

3

<p>Thanks for that piece of advice.</p>

<p>Both me and my school, being in India, are new to the entire application process. Could you please fill me in a bit? Do I send the paper material to individual universities, or to CommonApp? Do I send ALL my paper information through the school? Or only the marks transcripts? Do I need to attach a physical copy of the common application itself, with signatures from teachers etc?</p>

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<p>So the online application makes a sort of file for you in the college, and they fill the file when all the stuff comes in the mail? If I mail them papers, and other extra stuff, including recs/transcript, it'll all find its way painlessly into my own file?</p>