Letters of Recommendation

Letter of Rec Workshop Tuesday, Sept. 26th at Lunch, Register here

For Instructions on Requesting a Letter of Recommendation from your Counselor, please click on the
Letters of Rec Slideshow:

• The deadline to submit your Brag Packet for Letters of Rec needed by October 15th is Friday, Sept. 22.
• The deadline to submit your Brag Packet for Letters of Rec needed by November 1st is Tuesday, Oct. 10.
• The deadline to submit your Brag Packet for Letters of Rec needed by Nov. 15th/Dec. 1st is Tuesday, Oct. 24.
• The deadline to submit your Brag Packet for Letters of Rec needed by Dec 2nd or beyond is Friday, Nov. 3.

• UC's/CSU's - Letters of Rec are not part of the initial application. Only send a Letter of Recommendation if requested by the University
• Private schools usually require one counselor letter of recommendation and 1-2 teacher letters of recommendation. Use the Common Application if possible
• Three weeks prior to your first deadline, in a face-to-face conversation, ask your Counselor to write a letter on your behalf and provide all documents outlined below
• To request a Letter of Rec from a teacher, contact the teacher to find out what they require from you

APPLICATION & PROCEDURES

• STEP 1: FERPA WAIVER (doc)
• STEP 2: COLLEGE INFO FORM (doc)
• STEP 3: PERSONAL INFO FORM (doc)
• STEP 4: PARENT BRAG SHEET (doc)
• STEP 5: TEACHER INPUT FORM (form)
• STEP 6: RESUME
• STEP 7: EXTRACURRICULAR LOG (doc) 
• STEP 8: ORDER TRANSCRIPT(S) (doc)

Click here if you need transcripts 

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