Your Letters of Recommendation for College
Posted on March 6th, 2008
Many colleges want you to get letters of recommendation as part of your application for college from people who know you.
The first thing to consider it waiving your right to see those letters. If you don't waive that right, you can go in later to the college's admissions office, ask to see your admissions file, and read the recommendations. If you do agree to waive your right to see those letters, you'll never know what the people who wrote them said, but the letters will carry much more weight with the college's admissions committee.
Applying to US Universities has a good spot on why you should waive your right to see the letters.
So how do you get a letter of recommendation? Here are a couple of things to remember…
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