Teacher Recommendations

Recommendation letters are a time consuming process requiring a great deal of thought and time. As you finalize the list of schools where you will be applying, it is important to determine if you are going to need a recommendation letter from a teacher (or two). Many of the Ohio schools - Ohio State, Ohio University, BGSU, Kent State, etc. do not require teacher recommendations. If you are applying to schools that need teacher recommendation letters, it is very helpful and beneficial to the teachers if you can give them as much time as possible to write your recommendation letters. That means, if you know now that you are going to be applying to a school which needs a teacher rec letter, then I would like for you to ask the teachers this week, allowing them to have the entire summer to write your letter. After you ask the teacher, you will want to provide them with information that can help as they write your letter. We have several handouts in the counseling and career center that you can use for this purpose. (They are in the Senior Information drawer, but if you stop in and see me I can show you where they are located.)