Recommendation of a Friend

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<p>Sending in a peer recommendations sounds like a “Hail Mary Pass” to me, especially based upon: <a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/what-yale-looks-for”>http://admissions.yale.edu/what-yale-looks-for&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Yale is above all an academic institution. This means academic strength is our first consideration in evaluating any candidate. The single most important document in your application is your high school transcript, which tells us a great deal about your academic drive and performance over time. We look for students who have consistently taken a broad range of challenging courses in high school and done well. Your high school teachers can provide extremely helpful information in their evaluations. Not only do they discuss your performance in their particular class or classes, but often they write about such things as your intellectual curiosity, energy, relationships with classmates, and impact on the classroom environment. Obviously it is important to ask for recommendations from teachers who know you well.

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