<p>Do people generally send supplementary forms in manila envelopes, or regular postal envelopes? </p>
<p>Man, what a stupid question.</p>
<p>I know, everyone's worrying about personal statements and whatnot, and here I am worrying about manila envelopes. But it's an important question, you know. The wrong envelope could mean the difference between rejection and acceptance, especially the material of the paper. And what if the envelope is a millimeter off standard size, it could be interpreted as being "anti-standard", or "rebellious", or maybe even "too cool for standard". Either way it could have a negative effect. </p>
<p>And nobody wants to see someone rejected based on envelopes, right?</p>
<p>Its true that noone wants to be rejected solely because of envelopes, but its highly unlikely that a college would reject anyone because of the envelopes. As for being rebellious/eccentric, one must be real good psychologist to judge someone in terms envelopes they use to send the college stuff. Anyway I don't think college use envelopes in admission process. They (usually sophomore student intern) file your stuff and throw your envelope to the trash. They get hundreds of these envelopes each day so they have very little time analyzing your personality through your envelopes even if they are real good in Psychology. By the time your file reaches adcom, the envelope may have been recycled into another envelope. Judging from my personal experience, I used whatever envelope I found and the college never voiced any concern.</p>
<p>I guess I've failed at humor.</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>