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Recommendation Requests
Recommendation Requests
Students are able to request recommendation letters from teachers and counselors using the process below.
Depending on the school you are applying to letters of recommendation may be required, may be optional or may not be accepted.
When letters are required sometimes universities require letters from certain people like your counselor or a teacher in a curriculum area connected to your future major in college.
When letters are optional, it is especially important to consider the adults in your life who can offer the most “new and compelling” information about you that will really add to your application. Maybe this is a supervisor where you work, or the sponsor of an organization where you are in a leadership role. Remember that with your transcript and test scores, schools often have some insight into your academic successes, but the letter of recommendation offers them an opportunity to learn more about your personal characteristics.
How to Request a Letter of Recommendation
How to Request a Letter of Recommendation
How to request a Counselor, Teacher, or Other Recommender Letter of Recommendation:
Referring to the university's website, confirm that letters of recommendation are required for admission.
Talk with your counselor, teacher, or other recommender and ask if they are able to write a letter of recommendation for you. This step is critical - submission of the brag sheet alone will not result in a letter of recommendation.
Your request must be submitted at least FOUR WEEKS before your earliest application deadline.
Open the LHS Brag Sheet and create a copy. Add your full name to the title of the new document: format - Last Name, First Name - LHS Brag Sheet
Share the named copy with your parent/guardian who will be completing that section.
After the student section, parent/guardian section, and rec letter tracking grid are complete, submit the brag sheet to the appropriate staff member by uploading it into the Letter of Recommendation Request Form.
How to SUBMIT the Letter of Recommendation
How to SUBMIT the Letter of Recommendation
Not sure how to submit the rec letter to your college? Check out this Quick Guide to Submitting Rec Letters
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