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Instructions for asking for a letter of recommendation
Instructions for asking for a letter of recommendation
ASKING FOR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
If your colleges require recommendations, you will need to ask your School Counselor, teacher, and/ or another adult to be references. When identifying whom you should ask, consider your relationship with the person and how well you've done in your activities with them. Give your references plenty of time and make sure they are aware of the recommendation deadlines.
On the Common Application, you will be providing the email address of your recommender and Common App will email them directly.
Use this link above to request a letter of recommendation from your school counselor.
At least 2 weeks’ notice is required.
Be prepared to answer these questions when requesting a letter of recommendation so that your School Counselor can provide an in-depth and well-polished letter to you!
Be prepared to answer these questions when requesting a letter of recommendation so that your School Counselor can provide an in-depth and well-polished letter to you!
Are you applying to college early action or early decision?
Have you added your school counselor in common app or another application portal?
Are you applying to any military academies?
Which Military Academies are you applying to?
What do you plan to study in college?
Please share the google drive link to your academic resume. REQUIRED
Describe a couple of your more meaningful volunteer or community services you have participated in. Provide examples of specific projects and what you’ve learned.
What do you want a college/university to know about you?
What differentiates you from other students?
Why should a school feel confident that you would be academically motivated to achieve in college?
Beyond this, what are you bringing to their campus besides “smarts?”
List three adjectives that you feel best describe you and explain why.
Recount, in detail, the most meaningful extracurricular activity you have participated in. Specifically explain what you did and/or accomplished and why it was meaningful to you.
Describe any paid work experiences and discuss the positions in detail, including how many hours per week. What were your major duties? What did you learn about yourself?
Share one or two contributions you have made to KHS and explain how this contribution(s) has made an impact on our school.
Discuss your most significant “life lesson” (an incident/situation) in the last three years. What did you learn/how did you grow from it?
Is there anything on your academic transcript that needs to be explained? (For example: low grades, a light schedule, an unusual GPA for a semester, etc.)
Is there any special circumstance or information about you or your family situation, or anything unique about you, which you feel should be included in a recommendation letter that has not already been mentioned? (For example: special talent, interest, recognition you’ve received, first generation college student, examples of leadership, parents’ divorce, death, illness, etc.)
Is there anything else you want your counselor to know about you to add in your letter?
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