Great Recommendation Letters Win Big Scholarship Bucks

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Your scholarship application is due in 10 days. It must have three recommendation letters attached, and, to date, you have not gotten any away from your teachers. A note to each of them last week hasn't gotten any improvements. Talk about strained nerves. Everything to get the application ready, and now letters are halting the process.



This is a scenario that repeats itself hundreds and maybe thousands of times every year. You can avoid this problem by taking important appropriate actions. Start with asking for your recommendation letters a minimum of six weeks in advance. This allows busy teachers to consider their time in writing great responses. After fourteen days remind them a note in their mailboxes. A week after that make a visit to their classroom. Remind them personally that your application could possibly be late and disqualified and that you will come by a few weeks to pick it up. Thank her or him again then stop by once more.


One way to avoid total mayhem would be to ask for more letters than is absolutely needed (awards may vary in the variety of letters neededIf your need is two for an award, ask four people.

If you're applying for greater than a couple of scholarship awards (and you also really should be), ask if the teacher or whoever could be willing to take their comments over a CD. Remind them that you will be sending out a large number of applications. It's going to save them time. Then, you will bring the letters by for their signatures. They can inspect the documents before you send them in. A hand-written signature is usually best.

Who in case you ask? Does it make a difference? Yes, it does matter. Know this: English and language teachers generally write the very best letters. They personalize them and may even write from your half with a whole page. They also produce results that have no spelling or grammatical errors. Again, and this is a general statement, coaches and physical education teachers write the shortest remarks and may have many mistakes in spelling and grammar. But, go with your best options regardless of teaching position.

Use your high school letterhead, when possible.

Remember to ask your teacher if they can write an optimistic response. Otherwise, move on. A probable scholarship winner fulfilled all requirements having a big plus and was in line to receive an $8,000 award. Everything was super aside from one recommendation letter. She assumed her coach would write a glowing response. He didn't. Don't let that happen to you. She didn't win.

Stick to the same time-line for all requests, and remember this: everything in life is a determination, make the right ones today to your college scholarship success.