<p>I was thinking of mailing my essays in, but I also want to mail in supplemental information. Could I put them all in one envelope or should I mail them separately? I know that the supplementals are to be in a cd, so I’d have to go to the post office to send such a package.</p>
<p>Unless someone on this forum knows for sure, I think you’re safer emailing your counselor that question directly (in case anybody here gives you wrong information and inadvertently screws up your application… you know. you can never be too careful :))</p>
<p>In the broader cosmic scope of things, this is a non-issue as long as all the materials are properly identified. Keep in mind that the admissions folks are already pulling together materials such as SAT scores, recs, transcripts and such that arrive at different times.</p>
<p>What is a good idea is to follow up at some point in early February to make sure all is received. DO NOT f/u in January, as they are likely to be opening mail and processing most of the month.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that colleges are pretty reasonable in working with applicants to track down missing material. Keep in mind too, that quite a bit gets misplaced, so don’t be surprised if you get an email about some missing piece that you know you sent. Happens all the time.</p>
<p>yeah, pieces come in one at a time for almost every applicant. As Libby said on the blog, not everything needs to arrive by Nov. 1. Just make sure that proper forms are attached, etc.</p>
<p>It takes a long time to process all the paper they get, so the “check credentials” tab can take a few weeks (it took a few weeks for me).</p>
<p>Some of my friends slipped a self-addressed stamped postcard in their recs, transcript, etc. that said something like “X University has receivedthis letter,” and got them mailed back when somebody in the office opened it.</p>
<p>“Some of my friends slipped a self-addressed stamped postcard in their recs, transcript, etc. that said something like “X University has receivedthis letter,” and got them mailed back when somebody in the office opened it.”</p>
<p>This is a very good idea - colleges usually date-stamp the cards. My son’s were further coded to indicate the item - TRH meant Teacher Rec - Hanson, for example - so you know if your teachers have sent their letters (just include the card in the SASE you give your teachers). We also provided Guidence with SASE and cards for the transcripts. The only application we didn’t do it for was an EA to Case - and either Case or the HS lost the transcript - my husband had to hand deliver it.</p>
<p>A few thoughts regarding the postcard thing:</p>
<ul>
<li> does not getting one mean they did not get it? Probably not…</li>
<li> getting a postcard back does not mean the item made it into the correct file, and that’s where I suspect most problems occur.</li>
</ul>
<p>I do delivery confirmation on the stuff I send. It doesn’t bother anyone and only costs 65 cents. That doesn’t necessarily mean it made it into your file, though…</p>
<p>Where does it say the supplemental materials are to be in CD format?</p>
<p>Is the credentials tab supposed to be up November 1 for EA?</p>
<p>Okay, I have another question guys. Should I apply regular decision and somehow schedule an interview? Or should I apply early action? I’m afraid that the interview is a huge deciding factor from what I hear and I regret not scheduling one earlier, though it was booked since the beginning of september.</p>
<p>Apply when you like, the interview is not a huge factor. Rigor of course load, grades, essays, recommendations are more important features of your application. One real reason to apply RD is to allow more of your senior year HS grades to be showcased. You know if that will be best for you.</p>
<p>Yeah… I just got a recommendation from my English teacher. He’s a rather boring guy, and I was afraid that he’d be pretty slow about it and he was. It took him three weeks and all he wrote was a paragraph. I don’t feel too good about this.</p>
<p>Is it a concise paragraph that says lots or just generic prattle? Is your math/science rec going to give a true picture of you? Is there another English/History teacher that you can ask? Do you have a gc who can give you any advice?</p>
<p>Well, I did look at it pretty carefully and I suppose he did have specific examples that showed my personality. So he did get the point across without having to emboss it by going on and on and on. So essentially, it isn’t as bad as I made it out to be. My math/science teacher hopefully will get the point across.</p>
<p>Sounds like the rec is just right— some people are clear with few words.
Examples are very helpful.</p>