Letters of Recommendation

Log into your Platform account.

Click on your mentor’s message, read and respond.

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Key Takeaway

Letters of recommendation are important to my professional life and post-secondary application process.

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I need to identify adults who can describe my qualities as a student and community member.

What is a letter of recommendation?

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What is it used for?

Recommendation Letters

You will need at least two letters of recommendation (and possibly more).

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Ask 2 teachers who:

- Know you well

- Have seen you grow as a student

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Make sure at least one is a core teacher

(English, Math, History, or Science)

Additional Recommendations

Your mentor can provide a different perspective than your teachers!

Consider asking your mentor for a letter of recommendation as well!

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You can also ask:

- coaches

- community members

- volunteering supervisors

- club advisors

- employers

- religious figures

Subject of email: What is the email about?

Dear Ms. Jones,

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I hope you are doing well. I am writing this email to request a letter of recommendation for my post-secondary applications. I am planning on attending college to study history. I am asking you because you have helped me throughout this year with your after school tutoring in Math. As you know, Math isn’t my best subject. I am proud that my hard work with you brought up my grade up from a D to a B. I attended tutoring three times a week with you and made up all of my missing assignments to reach this goal. I hope this proves to you that I am committed to my studies and my future success.

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Please let me know if you can write me the letter. Feel free to ask me any questions. I appreciate you.

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Thank you,

Bob Smith

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Greeting

Signature

Letter of Recommendation Request

jones@gmail.com

Writing a Professional Email

• Draft your 2 requests for letters of recommendation in your email account

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• Copy/paste the drafts onto the Platform so your mentor can read and edit them

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• You can exit your email, the drafts you wrote will be saved in the ”draft” folder

Mentor Connection

Self Reflection

Choose 2 teachers to reach out to and write email drafts asking them for a letter of recommendation. Then, share your drafts in your Platform message for your mentor to review.

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Here are my email drafts, what do you think?

I need help with…

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Choose 2 teachers to reach out to and write email drafts asking them for a letter of recommendation. Then, share your drafts in your Platform message for me to review.

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Here are my email drafts, what do you think?

I need help with…

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Extend

What is one new thing you learned about your mentor?

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Which part of your mentor’s response did you really like? Why?