Quabbin Regional High School

Letter of Recommendation Request Form

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO TEACHERS: The Guidance Department no longer keeps recommendations on file. Please work directly with the student. We recommend online recommendations if the student is applying through the Common App or Universal App. Guidance will support you if you need help.

Student: This form should be presented to the teacher or person at least 3 weeks prior to your college deadline date.

Date: ______Date due to College/Scholarship: ______

(Please be sure to give the teacherat least 3 weeks notice.)

Dear ______,

I am applying to colleges and would appreciate it if you would write a letter of recommendation for me. You may address the letter “To Whom It May Concern” instead of to the individual college so that this letter may be used for each of the colleges I apply to. My intended career path is ______.

If you would like to submit the recommendation online for the schools with that option, you may do that instead.

I am applying to these Colleges/Scholarships: / State / Scholarship/
College Form Attached
() / Scholarship/
College Specific Online
() / CommonApp
Online
() / UniversalApp
Online
() / Letter Only
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Attached is a TYPED copy of my Activity Sheet to assist you in writing this recommendation.

Other information to consider when writing my recommendation ______

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For each recommendation being mailed, I have attached a stamped, addressed envelope for your convenience.

I appreciate the time and effort you will take in writing this recommendation for me.

Sincerely,

______

Student NameStudent Signature

Date Received:______Date Sent:______

QuabbinRegionalHigh School

College Recommendation Procedure

All requests and paperwork must be completed and submitted to your recommendation writers

AT LEAST 3 WEEKS (15 SCHOOL DAYS) BEFORE

your deadline, unless specified below:

APPLICATION DEADLINE / Steps 1-3 COMPLETED BY / APPLICATION DEADLINE / Steps 1-3 COMPLETED BY
10/31 or 11/1
11/15
12/1
12/15 / 10/15
10/20
11/1
11/15 / Any January Date
2/1
2/15
3/1 / 12/1
1/10
1/15
2/1
  1. If you need TRANSCRIPTS sent, you must stop by guidance and submit a completed Purple “Transcript Request Form”
  2. Complete Activity Sheet, Pink Recommendation Request Form & Parent/Guardian Brag Sheet
  3. Go online to and click on “Activity Sheet.” TYPE your Activity Sheet in MS Word or MS Excel, save it and print copies for each person writing a recommendation. (These forms may be used later on for scholarship applications, so they must be typed.)
  4. Get a copy of the Pink Recommendation Request Form from guidance. Complete a form for each recommendation writer making sure that you check whether you are attaching a form or it’s an online recommendation.
  5. (Optional) Get a copy of the “Parent/Guardian Brag Sheet” from guidance and have a parent/guardian complete the form. Make copies for each recommendation writer. (This can be neatly handwritten.)
  6. Provide your guidance counselor & each teacher recommendation writer with:
  7. Polite verbal request to junior/senior teachers and your guidance counselor
  8. Typed Activity Sheet
  9. Completed Pink Recommendation Form
  10. Completed Parent/Guardian Brag Sheet (Optional)
  11. Attach any specific paper forms you need completed (if necessary)
  12. For online recommendations, use your application program to request a recommendation and school report electronically and turn in the Purple Transcript Request Form to your Guidance Counselor.

OR

For paper recommendations to be mailed, give your teachers an addressed envelope with a postage stamp and turn in the Purple Transcript Request Form to your Guidance Counselor.

  1. Send a handwritten Thank You Note to everyone who wrote a recommendation.

Quabbin Regional School District’s Policy of non-discrimination will extend to students, staff, the general public and individuals with whom it does business; and will apply to race, color, national background, religion, sex, disability, economic status, political party, age, handicap, sexual orientation, gender identity, homelessness and other human differences.

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