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Letter   o f   R ecommendation   R equest   f or   C ollege   A dmissions  

 

Please   f ollow   t he   d irections   b elow   t o   a sk   y our   t eachers   f or   l etters   o f   r ecommendation.     U se   t his  

worksheet   t o   h elp   d ecide   w ho   y ou   w ill   b e   a sking   a nd   k eep   t rack   o f   y our   r ecommendations.  

 

Pick   t wo   t eachers,   o ne   f or   e ach   c ategory   b elow.     G eneral   g uidelines   f or   s electing   a   t eacher   a re:  

1) You   M UST   h ave   b een   i n   t heir   c lass.     Y ou   c annot   a sk   a n   a dvisor   o r   t utor.  

2) You   M UST   h ave   o ne   m ath/science   t eacher   A ND   o ne   h umanities   t eacher.  

3) It   d oes   n ot   n ecessarily   h ave   t o   b e   a   t eacher   w hose   c lass   y ou   g ot   a n   “ A”   i n,   b ut   i t   s hould   b e   a   t eacher  

whose   c lass   y ou   w orked   h ard   i n.  

4) Aside   f rom   y our   c ore   a cademic   t eachers,   y ou   C AN   a sk   s omeone   f rom   t he   L earning   N etwork,   a   t eaching  

fellow,   o r   a n   E SL   t eacher.  

 

I   h ave   s elected:  

Humanities   ( English,   h istory,   S panish):   _ ______________________________________________  

 

Math   o r   S cience   t eacher:   _ _________________________________________________________________  

 

Your   c ounselor   m ust   a pprove   y our   t eachers.     ( Initial   i n   t he   b ox.)  

 

After   y our   r ecommenders   h ave   b een   a pproved,   p lease   w rite   a   p rofessional   e -­‐mail   t o  

your   t eachers   a sking   t o   s chedule   a   b rief   m eeting   w ith   t hem.     Y ou   m ust   b ring   t he  

“Recommendation   O utline”   T HOROUGHTLY   F ILLED   O UT   t o   y our   m eeting   w ith   y our  

recommender.  

 

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recommendation   f inalized   b y   O ctober   1 ,   2 014.  

 

All   l etters   M UST  

Thank   y ou,  

be   d one   b y   1 0/1  

Diana   M astrocola  

 

 

After   y ou   h ave   m et   w ith   y our   r ecommenders,   t hey   m ust   i nitial   i n   t he   b ox   t o   a ccept  

the   r esponsibility   o f   w riting   y our   l etter.    

 

Humanities   t eacher   m eeting:  

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Math/science   t eacher   m eeting:         date-­‐