ENGLISH/HUMANITIES
Senior Letter of Recommendation
Your letters of recommendation and carefully written essays are a vitally important
aspect of the college application process. Usually a letter of recommendation is required
from an English teacher and one other discipline.
In order to facilitate the writing of these recommendations, the English and Humanities
teachers will work together to balance the load of recommendations.
It is up to you to provide information so that we can represent your skills,
accomplishments, and character.
Specific details about papers you have written, research you have done, contributions you
make in the classroom, your innate curiosity, and your character can be integrated in a
letter that represents you.
We use your brag sheet to understand the scope of your accomplishments and activities,
but remember we are specifically writing about your abilities as a thinker, writer, and
communicator in English and the Humanities.
We are very happy to write these letters of recommendation; remember your letter will
depend on the specific information you give to us. Please give us at least four weeks to
complete your letter of recommendation
1. *IMPORTANT: On the outside of the envelope of materials, provide
a clear list of the postmark deadline for each school you are applying
to.
2. In your packet of materials, include the Teacher Recommendation
form which the teacher sends in with the letter or recommendation. Be
sure to complete fully (including your signature) the top portion of the
form and also the school information.
3. Stamped and properly addressed envelopes to the admissions office of
the school in question. Even if you must send a package of
information for a scholarship, please provide the addressed (and
stamped) envelope which will be sealed with our signature across the
back (thus verifying that the contents of the envelope have not been
tampered with).
4. Finally, provide us with a self-addressed, stamped postcard. We will
mail it to you when your recommendations are completed and mailed.
(please complete the form on the next page)
This is a MICROSOFT WORD document, so feel free to delete, cut and
paste as necessary. Remember to resave your edited form on your local
drive.
Please complete this form and include with your packet of materials to the
recommending teacher any other necessary materials.
Full Name:
Street Address:
City, State, and Zip Code:
Telephone # (best way to contact you if the teacher has a question)
Email Address:
Cumulative GPA:
SAT Scores:
1. Please provide the following information. Your supplementary paperwork
should be securely enclosed in a clearly labeled folder or packet.
 Your brag sheet (list awards, honors, activities, community service)
 Descriptions or summaries from important English or Humanities papers you
have written. Also, provide selected key quotes from these papers which
effectively capture your writing style, a significant insight or opinion, etc.
 Selections from any essays, papers, projects, or research that represent your
writing or thinking skills in other academic disciplines. Again provide selected
key quotes from these papers which effectively capture your writing style, a
significant insight or opinion, etc..
 Written statement by a parent, relative, employer, music or dance teacher,
community service or church leader that best describes your character
 A list of the schools you have selected. Also, briefly explain why you have
selected a particular school.
2. Please provide the names of previous English or Humanities teachers.
Freshman:
Sophomore:
Junior Literature:
Junior Humanities:
Who else have you asked for a letter of recommendation?
3. Four words, in order of importance, that best describe you:
4. Personal statement about you, your goals, your views:
5. Describe your college/career plans:
6. Focus on a special experience that influenced you and helped you to know who
or what you want to be. You might want to discuss your participation in one or
more of the following activities: clubs, sports, performances, volunteer or retreat
work, student government participation, music, art, or science camp, leadership
conference, or summer program. You may want to describe something in particular
and what you learned, or how you grew or plan to use this experience.
7. Humanities: Explain or describe in some detail a special project, paper, or
presentation you or wrote for Humanities.
8. Is there something special or unique about you that we should know? Are you
primarily a science person who also has a special fondness for the liberal arts? Are
there any personal circumstances (an illness, a death in the family, financial
responsibilities, etc) that have had an impact on you, or that may be of interest to an
admissions committee?