<p>I've heard people suggest giving teachers manila envelopes to put their recommendations in, but I don't particularly want to pay all of the extra postage that would entail. Are there any issues with giving teachers a standard sized envelope instead?</p>
<p>Bump, ten characters.</p>
<p>Yes, the colleges do not want any documents sent into them to be folded, because they need to be scanned after they they are received by the admissions office. Follow the recommendations you were given.</p>
<p>Yes, the colleges do not want any documents sent into them to be folded, because they need to be scanned after they they are received by the admissions office. Follow the recommendations you were given.</p>
<p>It does depend on the school. Some colleges do ask for the 9x12 manila envelopes (Stanford, I believe, is one). Others don't specify. My d used regular business envelopes and no school complained. She had good results.</p>
<p>Thanks Chedva. That helped out a lot. I'll use business envelopes unless the school explicitly says otherwise. Unfolding and scanning isn't that big a deal from personal experience and not worth the extra postage from my end.</p>
<p>The big envelopes are stronger than the business envelops usually. You wouldn't want your papers to spill out during shipping.</p>
<p>My teachers actually use school envelopes, so that it's more official (I believe that we may pay for postage... not sure- it's a private school)- they're the standard business ones, I believe.</p>
<p>business envelopes are perfectly fine unless the school wants 9x12, like stanford.</p>