Help anyone, recc letters

[Noeljan]

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Hey everyone,
I have a question maybe you can help me with. I am collecting my letters and am unsure of some of the courtesy involved. Should I supply a stamped envelope with my form to the professors whom are writing my letters? The prof who agrred to write me one today, just asked me to slip the form in her mailbox(the release and explanation of letter which goes back to the committee). She has written a letter before for me, and knows me very well. I am just unsure about what is more proper on my end of this. Would they rather send it onn their own stationary which includes envelopes? Sorry if this sounds silly but I want to make it as proper as possible.

 

[quideam]

My school had a form that the profs. had to fill out. I gave every person that agreed to write a recommendation one of those forms and a school envelope so that they could sent the letter through campus mail to our health professions office. Once I found out that the letter was in my file, I sent them a thank-you note.

Hope that helps....

- Quid

 

[Northerner]

What I did was give all my recommenders an envelope with:
- Addressed & stamped envelope to Credentials Office
- Short Bio (Resume)
- Copy of my AMCAS Personal Statement
- Credentials Office Evaluation form / Waiver to read recs
- A note saying thank you and to contact me if there's anything else they need.
- Some people throw a transcript in there and you can if you think it'll help make it a great letter, but keep in mind this is a character witness sort of letter. Letters that say "Bob got an A in my class and came to office hours once a month" are a dime a dozen. Give them as much to go on as possible, if possible also set up an appointment to talk about it. Sounds like she knows you well, so that's good, just make sure she has everything she needs to write a good rec.

 

[quideam]

Yup... to add to my post, I gave every person a copy of my resume, a brief "biographical statement" mentioning some things about my ECs, etc., and a copy of my transcript.

- Quid

 

[Noeljan]

Thanks everyone for the tips🙂 They are going to come in handy.
Yes she knows me pretty well. I have had her for four courses, she was my clinical instructor in a nursing clinical, she also is the advisor for one of the honor societies that I am in. She is a really great lady, and I think she can tell them a lot about me.
Thanks again for the tips guys, if you have any more pass them along. I definately think it will be wise of me to provide them with my personal statement.
🙂

 

[Amy B]

If you send an envelope so they can mail them to the schools or to your premed advisor, make sure they sign the envelope where they seal. That can assure that you have waived your rights and weren't the one mailing it.

Our pre-med advisor handles all letters. We have a standard form that has a place to sign away our rights, but they also have to sign the envelopes.

It may not matter to your school or to the med school they send it to, but it did come up at my undergrad school.

 

[Noeljan]

Hey Amy
we have the release form that must be signed and attached with each letter, but they have not said anything concerning the envelope.