Common App tutorial for requesting counselor & teacher recommendations
As if you haven't heard it enough, we're a paperless office. Ideally, each component of your application will be submitted electronically, including your school forms, transcripts, and recommendations.
The Common App has put together a quick video that walks you through the process of requesting information from your counselors and teachers. It also explains how you can request a recommendation from a teacher for a specific school.
Please encourage your schools to move to electronic submission! If we all get on board with this, we'll save time and resources (paper, toner, transportation costs associated with mail). Online submission is easy and it is far more "trackable" than the mail is.
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5 comments:
I've seen that tutorial, and I've tried what they tell you to do for most of my schools (Including University of Virginia), and the Commonapp says all the school forms are offline. I don't think it's possible to "invite" teachers (for my schools at least) and counselors because there is no link.
My child graduated in '09 and used the common application and his high school counselor told him he had to print the school forms, fill in the needed information, and distribute them to her and the other teachers providing recommendations. She explained his high school was not capable of inviting teachers online.
All Common App applicants can invite teachers to write recommendations via the online form.
It's possible that the counselors don't have the ability to submit an electronic transcript, but this shouldn't affect the teachers at all.
If you have trouble, submit a help request to the Common App. There's a help link on every page of their site.
Good luck!
Dean J,
According to the common application, if one (or more) teacher or counselor form cannot be completed online, all teacher and counelsor forms must be sent through mail. My guidance counselor told me that she cannot upload my transcript online, and will have send my transcript, letters of recommendation, and secondary school report through the mail. I am, however, sending my application online. Will the snail mail be a problem? Thank you so much.
Mike:
It should be fine. I had to do the same last year because of the way my school organized recommendations and transcripts, and I was accepted. :)
It's less convenient I think for the office, but ultimately not a problem. However, I would recommend sending all of them together and not individually.
Good luck!
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