New Applicant Toolkit

<p>There have been two or three posters saying they have “heard” that USC requires a specific envelope size and will not accept materials in any other sized envelope…</p>

<p>While I am tempted to invent a non-standard envelope size (nine-and-seven-thirteenths-inches-by-twelve-point-three-centimeters…) and set all the 2011 applicants to work cutting and gluing custom envelopes, my hallowed status as a College Confidential Senior Memeber forces me to tell you that no, USC does not require any specific envelope size.</p>

<p>USC is very flexible about how you get materials to them and ANY envelope will be fine. You may also electronically submit forms (such as tax returns later in the financial aid process), email information, hand-deliver, etc. Please remember:</p>

<p>-Recommendations must be sealed by your recommender and sent in sealed. Do not open and FAX them. Your recommender can send them in, or you can pop the sealed recommendation in a larger envelope (any size that the other stuff will fit in!) with your other materials.</p>

<p>-Official transcripts must be sealed and marked “official” by your registrar. Again, do not open and FAX them or they become unofficial. It is fine if your registrar sends them directly to USC or you can pop the sealed envelope in a larger envelope (any size that the other stuff will fit in!) with your other materials.</p>

<p>-Include an unofficial printout or copy of your test scores in the larger envelope (any size that the other stuff will fit in!) with your other materials. You still must have the SAT or ACT scores sent officially, but USC likes to get started using unofficial printouts when your materials arrive.</p>

<p>Just get the materials there ON TIME. Don’t worry about the envelopes.</p>

<p>ON TIME</p>