Stanford Undergraduate - Procedure to Submit Letters of Recommendation

Hello folks, I'm a current junior looking to apply to Stanford next year. Could someone guide me on how to submit letters of recommendation to them? Any tips or resources?

Sure, happy to help explain the process for submitting letters of recommendation to Stanford.

Stanford requests two letters of recommendation from teachers and one from your school counselor.

Choose teachers who know you well and can speak to your strengths in their subject areas, as well as your commitment, curiosity, and motivation in the classroom. Ideally, these should be recent teachers from junior or senior year who have taught you in core academic subjects (English, Math, Social Studies, Sciences, or foreign languages).

The letter from your school counselor should offer a more comprehensive view of your academic career, your school involvement, your personal qualifications, and your growth over your high school years.

Now, onto the process of submission:

1. As part of your Stanford application, submitted through the Common Application or Coalition Application, there's a process for requesting recommendations. You'll enter the names and contact information for your recommenders in the appropriate section.

2. After you enter this information, an email invitation will be sent to your recommenders prompting them to submit their letters online directly to the application platform (Common App or Coalition App).

3. As a good practice, it's important to talk to your recommenders well in advance of the deadline to give them plenty of time to write the letter, and to let them know that they will be receiving the email invitation to do so.

So, that's the process in a nutshell. Just be proactive, make sure your recommenders know what they're writing about, and that they submit their letters well before the application deadline.