RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Websites
Here are some Internet resources on letters of recommendation:

Forms
The Common Application’s Secondary School Report and Teacher Evaluation forms
www.app.commonapp.org/CommonApp/DownloadForms.aspx

National Association For College Admission Counseling’s (NACAC) Secondary School Report form
www.nacacnet.org/PublicationsResources/Marketplace/Documents/SecondarySchoolReportForm.pdf

The Universal College Application’s School Report and Instructor Recommendation forms
www.universalcollegeapp.com/index.cfm?ACT=Display&APP=APPONLINE&DSP=forms

Content
The College Board’s website take on letters of recommendation
This website offers useful information about who and how to get good letters of recommendation
www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/the-application/119.html

Getting Great Recommendaitons, National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
Very useful advice about how to choose teachers to write recommendations and what to provide them
www.nacacnet.org/PublicationsResources/steps/Articles/Pages/Recommendations.aspx

Books
Most admissions book noted in the Books People Rave About section of www.admissionpossible.com offer chapters on letters of recommendation, but there are no books devoted entirely to the subject.

Letters Of Recommendation - Getting Others To Sing Your Praises
First edition
Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz

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