How Should I Ask For Recommendation Letters?
What Makes a Strong Recommendation?
Editing, Formatting, and Submission
Recommendation letters make one of the most important components of your application. As the only outside perspectives in your application, these letters lend admissions officers crucial insight into your personality, academic potential, contributions to the communities you've been a part of, and your goals. Your recommenders, as people of authority who know you well, also serve to corroborate some key parts of your application, including context about your experiences and achievements. Therefore, it is imperative that you have excellent recommendation letters to get into college.
Most colleges require three recommendations: