Your Letters of Recommendation for College
Filed in archive College Admissions by Greg Cruey on March 06, 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...
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...
You shouldn't confuse a good letter with a nice letter. You may ask someone who likes you to write a letter and the college gets a note saying, "Bill's a nice guy. He buys the first round when we go out drinking and he always dresses nice. I like Bill."
That letter won't get you far...
Accepted has a good blog post on writing a quality letter of recommendation. Print it and give it to people when you ask them to write a recommendation for you. It gives some good tips, like including a statement or two on how well they know you, focusing on two or three positive character qualities you have, and closing with a specific straightforward statement of recommendation.
That letter won't get you far...
Accepted has a good blog post on writing a quality letter of recommendation. Print it and give it to people when you ask them to write a recommendation for you. It gives some good tips, like including a statement or two on how well they know you, focusing on two or three positive character qualities you have, and closing with a specific straightforward statement of recommendation.
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