Mailing Statement of Purpose

[AudioEnvy]

I have one school that I am applying to where I need to mail my SOP and resume instead of submitting it electronically. This might be a stupid question...but how would you guys recommend sending it? Meaning, should I just print it on regular paper and staple it together, or should it be more..."put together" than that (nicer paper, ect)? I might be overthinking this, but I just don't want to do the wrong thing!

[che psyra psyra]

I also only had one school requesting mailed application materials, and it threw me off too! Ultimately, I decided to (1) use regular printer paper, since it's not like a single-page job resume that you want to stand out in a pile and is at risk of not being considered; (2) use paperclips instead of staples, since as someone who makes A LOT of copies, staples would be pretty annoying if they were making copies for a committee; and (3), mail it in a large manila envelope rather than a business envelope, to keep it un-folded and pretty.

Additionally, I made sure with all of my schools that all of my materials had my full name and DOB/Application ID as a header on every page, but this seems like especially good practice here if it's not something that you're already doing.

...I empathize with the feeling that these might be somewhat silly "decisions". But it feels better to impose as much control over the situation as possible, right? Hope that helps!

[sarahashley44]

I agree with the post above me. I also had this problem and did pretty much exactly what the post above reads. I would also place each external document in a separate business envelope, but that's just me.

[AudioEnvy]

Thanks guys, that was helpful!