DOWNLOAD a Letter of Recommendation form AND Activities Form in Naviance
(left hand side when on the home page, under the heading “Pages”)
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS PROTOCOL
When you find out from the college you are applying to that you are required to have a letter of recommendation as part of your application package, there are several things for you to know.
1) The teacher should be someone who taught you within your junior or senior year in a CORE subject. This teacher should also know you well and should be able to write about your abilities as a high school student and your potential for college success.
2) The school counselor should be your assigned school counselor.
3) If the college allows someone else besides a teacher and/or a school counselor, you should choose an adult that has observed you either in a work or volunteer environment or in an activity such as a team sport or performing arts.
4) The letter should not be from a friend or relative or someone from your middle school activities.
5) As soon as you know you need a letter, download both the Letter of Recommendation form AND the Activities Chart from Naviance (left hand side on the home page). Fill it out and make an appointment with your teacher(s) and/or school counselor to go over.
6) Teachers and school counselors both require at least two weeks to complete college application supplement forms. (If you bring the request in less time than our requirement, we will still complete this for you, but it will not be guaranteed to be mailed in by the college’s deadline.)
7) Students are required to take care of the mailing if needed. You can provide the teacher(s) and/or school counselors with the addressed and stamped envelopes and they can mail. Or you can pick up the sealed materials and mail them yourself.
DOWNLOAD a Letter of Recommendation form AND Activities Chart in Naviance
(left hand side when on the home page under “Pages”)