Materials that are not in English must be transcribed by an official transcription agency and notarized. The School does not provide referrals to such agencies. Please submit both the original documents and the translations to the Admissions Office.

Select three people who you can approach for recommendation letters or some universities may specifically state which teachers you need to approach, i.e. your science and math teacher would be the recommenders for an engineering or science major. Take the recommendation form provided by Univ. to the recommending teacher and ask them to fill up the letter. The recommendation letter must be sealed in an envelope with the recommender’s sign across the flap.

Your recommendation letter(s) are very important. They should be from a faculty member who knows you quite well. If somebody can only say that you made an "A" in their class, you've wasted a letter because we can look at your transcripts and know that. Your letter should be from a science faculty member.

You are required to submit both the official transcript and its English translation. If the institution you attend does not provide an English translation with the official transcript, you must obtain a certified English translation before submitting your application. Following these steps will ensure the validity of your transcript: Ask the translator to provide you with one sealed envelope containing both your original transcript and its English translation.

No, that is not necessary; they can arrive separately or together. How many letters of recommendation are required?One letter is sufficient. The on-line system allows you to make more than one request for your convenience only.

Please DO NOT use your friends recommendation letter format as he/ she certainly will have a different profile from your own. In terms of academic potential, courses that she fared extremely well in, the co-curricular activities and the recommender’s whom he/ she approached. Besides which is your recommender’s personal impression upon which they will recommend you.

First, make sure that the college requires a letter of recommendation. Second, check the application deadline and allow at least two weeks for the teacher/counselor to complete the recommendation. Contact the teacher and/or counselor personally.

Normally from university professors or high school teachers, it could also be from administrators or employers.

It definitely won't hurt you ? we won't attribute your professor's relative lack of English ability to you! ? but it simply won't be a weight in your favor. If we have trouble understanding the letter, we will most likely simply ignore it. So long as you have one strong letter of recommendation from someone who is able to communicate easily in English, you need not be concerned.

The deadline for both applications and this letter of recommendation is 15th January 2007 . We recommend that you apply as soon as possible as we will be calling people well before this time to arrange assessment times (starting a few days after the actual deadline).

Recommendations must be provided by a current academic source who can comment on your academic record such as a university lecturer or tutor.

No. A non-relative, who is familiar with your work, may write the letter of recommendation. The letter can also be written by a Kaiser Permanente physician or employee.

Recommendation letters should come from professors, project directors, employers -- anyone who can not only describe concrete examples of your talent and interesting things that you have done, but who also can speak to your passion, enthusiasm, critical-thinking and people-skills. Friends, family, and peers should not be your letter writers; we are looking for people who can evaluate your previous work from a supervisory or instructional standpoint.

Educate your recommenders about the program and your goals. Write your statement of purpose first. When you have made a convincing case for admission in your statement, share that with potential recommenders. That way, they know what talents of yours they can highlight to support your statement. The purpose of submitting letters of recommendation is to give the admission committee an indication of your ability to succeed in the program.

A letter of recommendation should be reflect your academic and professional excellence and can be written by a professor or employer. We want all applicants to be in equal competition with each other. So we ask for letters of recommendation from current professors and employers. However, we depend on you to choose the right person in your life to write letters of recommendation that will reflect your current abilities and talents.

You will need to obtain an ERAS release form for letters of recommendation from Dr. Thompson's office, located in the Administration Building, 721-3817.

We will accept a recommendation from any Foothill College instructor. If you are requesting a recommendation from an instructor outside of Foothill, we prefer it is from an instructor familiar with your writing ability. ESL students should have the most recent/current English instructor write your recommendation.