<p>My DD is using the common app to apply to two schools. The teacher who is writing her recommendation wants to snail mail one recommendation because she wants to customize it for the school. She says she will use the common app for the second one as she "is sure" each school can she what she uploads. The school she wants to mail the recommendation to STRONGLY urges everything be sent electronically. How can my DD convince her teacher to use the electronic version without insulting her teacher? I can't believe that the each school would be able to see what is uploaded. Can they? IS the teacher correct? Thanks for the advice!</p>
<p>Judging by this thread. The teacher is wrong. Schools cannot see data being sent to other schools. Winston is the common ap rep who posts here who posted in this thread.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/common-application/1218445-true.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/common-application/1218445-true.html</a></p>
<p>The online school forms system is designed to be a one-and-done process. Once a teacher or counselor submits a letter/form, those documents become accessible to any college to which a student has applied (or will subsequently apply), provided that the student has assigned that school official to a particular college. A teacher cannot choose to send some recs by mail and others online. Of course, it is possible for anybody to stick anything in the mail, regardless of what is happening in the online process–but using mail will not prevent a college from receiving the form electronically. And sending two copies of anything is never a good idea.</p>
<p>I agree with winstonwolf. Based on what I read each teacher gets to pick whether they want to use snail mail or electronic. But whatever they pick they have to use for all students. So, if the teacher picks snail mail, there is no way a school could pick up a different version from the common app system since they will never put one in there.</p>