Recommendation Letters are an integral part of a successful university application as it is a requirement by some universities.
Your recommendation letter is an important part of your application because:
- It demonstrates your character, strengths and experiences which helps to assure the admission officers that you are an asset to the university
- It helps you stand out from other applicants
- It acts as an endorsement of you
To start this process, you’ll need to send requests to your teachers. If you haven’t sent recommendation requests before, we got you covered! Our step-by-step guide will help you navigate these requests.
Important! If you’ve already invited any recommenders in your Common App directly, please log into your Common App account and remove them first. Then, navigate back to BridgeU to send your teacher recommendation requests from BridgeU directly.
Step 1: Navigate to the Decide tab on your main menu and click Teacher recommendations
Step 2: Click Invite teacher to send out your first teacher recommendation.
Step 3: Input the teacher’s name and email address. You may use the template pre-populated message available or personalise your message to the teacher by editing the message box. Once ready, press Send.
Step 4: You are all set! Your teacher recommendation request has now been sent!
Step 5: You may navigate to the Your invited teachers section in order to review and track your sent teacher recommendation requests.
When your teacher has completed the recommendation request, this will be available for your school counselor to add your university selection. You will see confirmation of the teacher recommendation submission in your Common App account after your counselor adds your university selections and submits it for you.
Tip: Make sure you let your counselor know which teacher recommendation you would like to be sent to which university. You can use the Teacher Recommendation assignment template to help you too!
If you have any questions or general feedback - we’d love to hear from you! Simply reach out to our Support team via Live Chat or by emailing us on: hi@bridge-u.com and we’ll gladly assist you further.