- Capitalize everything using plain block letters. (No matter how legible your handwriting may be, postal equipment may experience trouble reading script.)
- Omit all punctuation in the address, except hyphenate for the ZIP+4 Code.
- Use two letter state abbreviations.
- Use complete and correct ZIP Codes or ZIP+4 Codes.
- Make sure that endorsements for special services are placed above the delivery address or below the return address.
- If using an "Attention" notation in your address, place it above the street address.
- Destination Address
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Include the recipient's full name (and/or company name, if applicable).
The recipient's (whichever is most applicable) street address, or post office box number, city, state and zip code.
For international mail include: The city or town province name, any foreign postal code, and the country name in English using all capital letters on the last line of the address.
- Return Address
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Include all the elements of the destination address. Place the return address in the upper left corner of the mail piece. If your item weighs more than 1 pound, it MUST contain a valid return address or the USPS will not accept it.
- Incoming Mail & Packages
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Please have mail/packages addressed in the following manner for each campus:
Cook Campus
[Student Name]
[last 4 digits of Student ID number] CPO Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901Busch Campus
[Student Name]
[last 4 digits of Student ID number] BPO Way
Piscataway, NJ 08854College Ave. Campus
[Student Name]
[last 4 digits of Student ID number] RPO Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901Douglass Campus
[Student Name]
[last 4 digits of Student ID number] DPO Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901Livingston Campus
[Student Name]
[last 4 digits of Student ID number] LPO Way
Piscataway, NJ 08854Easton Avenue Apartments:
[Student Name]
[last 4 digits of Student ID number] RPO Way
New Brunswick NJ 08901Newark:
[Student Name]
Woodward Hall
91 Bleaker St
Apt #
Newark NJ 07102[Student Name]
University Square
155 University Ave
Apt #
Newark NJ 07102[Student Name]
Talbot Hall
101 Bleaker St
Apt #
Newark NJ 07102[Student Name]
15 Washington Street
Apt #
Newark NJ 07102[Student Name]
180 West Market St
Apt #
Newark NJ 07103Note: Using the correct Zip+4 Code expedites delivery of your mail -- this code is tied to machine processing of your mail. Without it, or using an incorrect Zip+4 Code, delays may occur in its delivery to you.
- Notes
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- You don't need a stamp to send mail to any Rutgers student, faculty, staff member or University Department.
- Always include your complete return address in case the mail piece is undeliverable.