Can I apply to USC if i dont have any Teacher Recommendations?

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>I couldn’t find it on the application site, are they ‘recommended’ to have, or do you ‘need’ to have them.</p>

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<p>You are required to submit ONE recommendation, and it can be either a teacher OR a counselor. So technically, yes, you can apply without a teacher recommendation - as long as you at least submit a counselor recommendation.</p>

<p>Recommendation form: <a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/Form4_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/1112/Form4_2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Application requirements:

[Freshmen</a> - USC Undergraduate Admission](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/freshmen.html]Freshmen”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/freshmen.html)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Would I be able to have my counselor fill out this form, and attach a letter from a teacher to it?</p>

<p>I feel like my counselor would be much better fit to answer the questions listed, but I also have an amazing letter of recommendation from one of my teachers from last year. Would that be possible?</p>

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<p>You are free to submit more than one recommendation, and it seems most applicants who post on College Confidential submit two or three. It might be confusing to have a sort of half-and-half recommendation, with neither of them complete, so I don’t recommend having one person fill out the front of the form and another do the attached letter.</p>

<p>My suggestion would be to give your couselor the form to fill out and allow them to go ahead and attach their own recommendation (assuming you feel they will write a positive rec), and the give the form to your teacher and just write a line through the section more directed at a counselor and write “N/A.” Have them fill out their identifying info and just put it in the envelope with their letter. The form will assist in matching it up with your application.</p>

<p>USC is VERY flexible about this, so it would also be fine to send in an additional teacher recommendation without the official form - just the letter. Be sure your full name as it appears on your application is on the letter, and either your USC ID# or your birthdate so they can match it up.</p>