<p>I’m really involved in meaningful (to me, anyway!) ECs with adult advisors/mentors that know me quite well, especially as a leader. </p>
<p>For schools that require letters of rec, is it typically acceptable to submit a letter from an advisor like the ones described above, or is it required that the letters come from a teacher?</p>
<p>Some of the schools I’m applying to (such as Western Washington University) don’t require any letters of recommendation. Would it be alright in that situation to submit a letter of recommendation from one of these mentors?</p>
<p>I think that a letter of rec from my mentor at an environmental science camp/education program that I volunteer at each semester would be specifically helpful for my WWU application, as I’m interested in the Environmental Education program. </p>
<p>Any tips or assistance would be much appreciated! <3</p>
<p>If a school requires LORs, look at their website to see if they have any special requirements. If none are listed, LORs usually must come from a teacher in an academic subject (see the CA Teacher form for a definition of academic). In such a case, you could have your mentor send a supplemental LOR hardcopy to the school.</p>
<p>If a school does not require any LORs, then you could still have one sent from your mentor.</p>
<p>My general rule of thumb is 1 more supplemental LOR than the number required is acceptable.</p>
<p>For the supplemental LOR, be sure your mentor includes information about you so that the school can match the letter with your application: Your full name as on the application, HS name and location, your date of birth, and a student ID # if a school has given you one.</p>
<p>Would colleges accepting the common app (any school from USC, NYU, Brown, etc) look down upon LORs written by Extra Curricular Advisors? Does the age of your advisor/educational experience ever come into factor? Do the colleges even know your writer’s background? </p>
<p>I have one written LOR by my Apush teacher, and one by my counselor. Both of those are personal, but a lot of schools require two teacher recommendation letters. From the classes I’ve taken, I feel there isn’t another teacher who knows my character THAT well. Thus, I was considering my advisor for an officer team I’m apart of for a community service organization. She has offered to write me an in-depth and personal letter.</p>
<p>In my application, I will be detailing this organization greatly, because of the extensive dedication I have put into it, and the magnitude of how much we’ve raised. I’m the international coordinator in which I created a project to raise $70,000 dollar for two NGOs. SO, do any of you know if it would be feasible? </p>