Do my professors mail letters of recommendation for graduate school to me or to the schools?

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Zach K asked:


I graduated from college in May 2008 and plan to go to graduate school in the fall of 2010, and I’m in the process of asking my old professors for letters of recommendation. My question is do I have them send me the letters or do I have them send the schools to which I’m applying the letters? If they are to send them to the schools to which I’m applying, then doesn’t this mean that all of my application materials will come piece by piece instead of all in one bundle?

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  • 2 Responses to “Do my professors mail letters of recommendation for graduate school to me or to the schools?”

    1. Kate Says:

      The school some have you need to go through the letters some have you need to go through the applications for each school and figure out what they want.

    2. AMF Says:

      The application instructions should specify although this is annoying application provide the school did apply to the professor can feel free to fill out some part of the email addresses of your professors will let them by.