RAVE: When a high school teacher/advisor goes above and beyond to help with admissions

[ucbalumnus]

@momocarly

She has about 35 - 40 letters to write this year. I was very interested that it isn’t just a letter. There is the letter, then a form that has a couple 1000 word short answer questions etc. (Common App). She was telling me that some schools ask for a supplemental letter and only give them 2 weeks to get it. Some teachers won’t do it but she told her students she will (assuming the student is in good standing).

Colleges that want LoRs, especially supplemental school specific ones, should really think about the consequences of overburdening teachers or blocking some students from applying due to LoR rationing.

Or maybe that is the point to put an indirect thumb on the scale for students in elite prep schools where teachers have time for, are expected to, and are trained to write good LoRs for every student, and the college counseling staff allocates students to teachers to avoid overburdening any teacher.