Requesting a Letter of Recommendation

First: Find out if letters of recommendation are actually required for your college or place of employment.

Second: Ask the person you would like to write a letter of recommendation at least 2 weeks before the deadline.

• Make sure to provide them with the following information:
• What the letter is for--name of college(s) or scholarship(s) or employment.
• Application Deadline
• How it should be submitted--by the student? to a portal? through the mail? If mail, provide a stamped envelope.
• Complete the Letter of Recommendation Formpdf document Links to an external site., save the form, and either print it out and bring it to your counselor or email them with this as an attachment. 
• A copy of your academic resume, and transcript.