<p>Ok...I'm sure someone is going to get angry with me because if I searched hard enough I could probably find this question answered somewhere else...but I guess I'm just a bit lazy...so SORRY ahead of time! =)</p>
<p>When I give teachers preaddressed envelopes to put their recommendations in...what should the envelopes have written on them? Obviously they need the school's address in the middle...but what information about myself should or shouldn't they have on them?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Well, if you're giving them preaddressed envelopes, then the letters are going straight from the teachers to the college? If I were you, I would read the letter first if you can, and then mail it to the college yourself, if you're not including it with your application.</p>
<p>acacia,
put the college's address and sufficient postage on the envelope. Your teachers fill in the return address.</p>
<p>If you include a stamped postcard in the envelope addressed to you, the admissions folks will send it to you when they receive the rec (be sure to code it by teacher - on the back print something like: Teacher Recommendation Received: ______________ (H) - for teacher H, for example). This is important because sometimes (gasp) teachers procrastinate - and letters get lost in the mail. If you don't get the card from the college in, say, 3 weeks, you can make polite inquiries.</p>
<p>Brian,
normally, you don't get to see the teacher's letters.</p>
<p>ohio_mom...GREAT IDEA! I never even thought of that!
Actually my main question was like...on the envelope on the front should you have your name on it or anything? Like "Teacher Recommendation for <em>my name</em>" or anything? Or will they open it and figure it out and then put it in your file? Let me know if that made no sense...that tends to happen with me sometimes.</p>
<p>Thanks again for your replies! =)</p>
<p>Was that your idea, OH_m, cause son took the idea off this site last year. It worked well. One time he got a message from one professor written to what he thought was the teacher who wrote the recommendation on the postcard. It was nice feedback for my son, kind of serendipitous!</p>
<p>acacia,
as long as you get the address correct it will be ok. If school requires a form with the letter, make sure that you provide that, with your name and other indentifying fields completed.</p>
<p>overseas,
not my idea - but I have been repeating it on a frequent basis. The first application that my son submitted had all the physical bits sent by guidance - and everything was lost. Major panic. All turned out well, though. I think the HS had to fax about 15 pages of materials ....</p>