<p>Hello! So I'm kind of freaking out right now because I'm scared that I just made my teachers do the wrong thing... I looked under the Assign Recommenders tab on the Common App, and they have an offline form, but all of my teachers wrote an actual letter. Were they supposed to fill out the form too, or is it fine if we just mail out the letter? Help please D:! And thanks in advance!!</p>
<p>Not to worry. Schools prefer the correct format, but there is no particular magic in the recommendation form and letters are probably fine. </p>
<p>One caution, though, about mailing recommendations. The printed recommendation form includes your common app id, school CEEB code and full name as it appears on your application. Including those items helps schools put your recommendations received by mail into the correct file. It also asks for information about the particular recommender that is helpful to the school where you are applying. If it’s not too late, have your teachers fill out that basic information on each printed form, staple the blank form to the recommendation letter in each case, seal the envelopes and then sign across the flap before posting.</p>
<p>Okay so basically it’s not necessary, but helpful? If so, I’ll try to hand that out to them asap! Also thank you so much! I was on the verge of freaking out lol.</p>