Letters of Recommendation
The faculty welcome the opportunity to write letters of recommendation for their students. To help faculty write a strong reference and ensure that it is finished in a timely fashion, please follow these guidelines.
Guidelines
- Do not leave a request for a recommendation in a faculty member’s mailbox a few days before the deadline.
- Make an appointment to talk with the faculty member writing your recommendation well in advance of the recommendation deadline .
- Bring to this appointment: recommendation form(s) on which you have completed the sections that you, the applicant, should complete (don’t forget the waiver section!)
- a written program description (or job description, if for employment)
- addressed and stamped envelopes (if the reference needs to be mailed, rather than picked up by you)
- If the recommendations(s) are to be submitted online, in addition to written program description(s), please provide the website link(s) or email address(es) of interest.
- If you are asking for multiple recommendations, please provide an Excel worksheet or master list that has all the programs and deadlines listed.