The first part of this post gives you details about how and why colleges ask for letters of recommendation as part of your college application process. How many letters of recommendation should I have? Not all colleges require letters of recommendation. Colleges also vary in the number and type of recommendation. In general, the more … Read more
This two-part post will help you understand more about how colleges use teacher and counselor letters of recommendation in the college admission process. In Part 1 we’ll give you some details about how letters of recommendation work; Part 2 addresses frequently asked questions about letters of recommendation in college applications. Colleges have changed the … Read more
It happens every year – school counselors move or change jobs just like everyone else! But what do you do when it’s YOUR school counselor. You may have spent some time in his/her office, talking about colleges, or classes, or teachers, or just stuff that you’d talk to your counselor about. You’ve taken a little … Read more
KPCC radio did a story this morning about Smith College’s policy of requesting letters of recommendation from the parents of applicants. You can hear Madeleine Brand’s interview with Smith College’s Dean of Admissions, Deb Shaver, here. It would seem that these letters would be biased, but Shaver talks about the little bits of information that parents … Read more