<p>Is the envelope supposed to be as big as the paper? Or can you use the evelope that you have to fold the paper a couple of times?</p>
<p>I would prefer using the bigger envelope (the one that fits the whole page) but how do you pre postage pay it? Also, it costs more (4.05).</p>
<p>it is preferable to get the bigger envelopes so no folding is needed. you only need two stamps, 3 to be safe.</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm on how many stamps I need to put on the bigger envelopes (the ones as big as the papers)?</p>
<p>my friends used 2 last year and their recs got in fine.</p>
<p>flootloop, the teacher can do that but it's MUCH harder for them to forget (and lose) a big manila envelope as opposed to a little white one. it is also much more complicated if the teacher gives it to counselor because the counselor will have hundreds (if you go to a public school like me) of letters and will probably mail them out as she/he finishes them. the letter may get lost in the process or the counselor might forget or not realize that he/she must wait for the teacher recs. i understand why you'd want to the counselor to mail everything in though.</p>
<p>wait, are we talking about the brown manilla folders for one sheet of recommendation?</p>
<p>Yep, though I know that for convenience sake our school requests that teachers submit their recommendations to the guidance department so that an application can be considered complete upon arrival to save time, effort, and money, but yes some people do send a manilla folder with just one recommendation.</p>
<p>My school required teacher recommendations to go through the counselors office, so teachers would write their recommendations and send them to the counselors' office (where they kept a file for each college-applying student). For scholarship applications, I did have some teachers mail out letters directly. I don't think there's any reason to waste the money on a large envelope - just give the teacher a standard #10 envelope (4.125" x 9.5"). I don't think there's any reason the teacher will be mailing in more than four pages and a normal envelope with a 39 cent stamp (or whatever the amount is now) should be enough</p>
<p>Do we need to wtire a "From:" on the envelope with my address? Or does the teacher write theirs?</p>
<p>Is it true that the teachers directly send the recommendations for some universities?</p>
<p>Basically, I'm asking whether or not I should include stamped envelopes.</p>
<p>Well, my couselor said I did not need to give her envelopes becuase she could use the ones from school to send it out for free.</p>
<p>But I think I still have to give envelopes to my teacher.</p>
<p>The universities themselves will say how they want recommendations to be sent. With my kids' applications, the schools all wanted recommendations sent directly with one exception. For that school, it would accept recommendations sent directly, but preferred if they could go a complete package from the school -- including the application, the transcript, the GC report, and the recommendations. (But we had things sent directly for logistical reasons -- the transcript came from a homeschool umbrella in another city, one recommendation came from another state, and the other from another country; pulling it all together in one envelope just wasn't going to happen.)</p>
<p>An alternative I've heard of some using (and thus was accepted by the colleges they applied to) is to have the recommendation put in an envelope, with the recommender's signature across the flap. The idea is that colleges want confidential recommendations. Indeed, many forms ask you to waive your right to see them should you later matriculate at that school. (For this reason, I don't think it would be good form to put your own return address.)</p>
<p>But, of course, do it the way the colleges ask you to. Stamped envelopes to the recommendators is usual, unless they tell you to skip it.</p>
<p>If the schools are picky, then they'll tell you that you need a paper-sized envelope for the recs. I remember that Stanford, as of last year, requested envelopes of that size.</p>
<p>If you're unsure of postage, just go to the post office and inquire. I think I got away with two stamps last year, but I would double check to make sure.</p>