iamdarockstar

Hi,
Since the school forms cannot be done online becoz most of the teachers do not have school emails....How can someone from India submit the form online.Please advise.Is it advisable to print the whole form and submit along with enveloped transcripts and recommendation letters?

Also, can the teacher give his/her own recommendation letters or the School forms from the common application have to be filled.If the school forms are filles-Do these need to be in an enveloped with school stamp?

Thanks,
Rockstar

Aj1410

You can create an account on commonapp to submit your application. However, the school documents - LORs, transcripts etc. will need to be couriered to the college. Yes, the LORs, transcripts have to be in a sealed envelope given to you by the counselor.

sramas

Why do you have to courier school transcripts? They can be uploaded. Can someone help? I'm a little confused.

Except for RPI, I did'nt really see any other college from commonapp asking for hard copy of transcripts to be mailed. Am I missing something?

Yes, there is a limit of 500KB and 4 files.

So, only 4 transcripts could be uploaded, but that is sufficient.

Aj1410

Each school has an agreement with the common app regarding how they will send their documents to the respective colleges. In case your school doesnt send lots of students to the US each year, its very likely that they havent signed any agreement with the common app - ie you would need to courier the transcripts. The counselor will not be able to upload them.
Its not about the size limit of the file.

dasadhikarik

It doesn't matter whether your teachers have school e-mail or not. They just have to have an e-mail address. I know because one of my recommenders didn't like using his school e-mail at all. In the US, colleges trust you to do the right thing and play by the rules. There aren't many rules covering this sort of thing--and whatever rules there are vary from college to college. So take it up with each of the colleges you will be applying to.

sramas

I can tell you for sure that the school has no agreement in our case and we were able to upload the transcripts for all schools into Commonapp school forms section. The school principal/guidance counsellor did this. In addition, RPI specifically requested for official transcripts to be mailed.

Picklebump

It depends on your school. Some schools get the stuff uploaded online by the teachers, some prefer to courier them!

Aj1410

If your counselor cannot upload them, just ask him/her for a sealed envelope and courier it. Its just easier and safer.