Why is it bad to LORs?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I am just wondering, why is it bad for students to see their letters of recommendations? I have always seen people on here asking posters why they were able to see their recs as if it was a bad thing. It’s not like the students are going to alter with the letter, or writing the letters themselves, or influencing the teacher telling him/her what to say. I don’t see a problem with a student seeing a recommendation about himself/herself, after all it is about the student. Also what if for example, you have a spanish teacher who was born and raised in Spain and this teacher didn’t know english that well, wouldn’t’ it be reasonable enough to want to see the LOR in order to see if their language (English) was good enough to be sent off to the colleges the applicant applied to? I just want to know what’s so wrong with seeing your own letter of recommendation. </p>

<p>Feel free to comment :)</p>

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<p>I don’t think I’ve ever read a post saying that reading them is a detrimental thing. I think the general concensus is that waiving your rights to read your LORs gives them more credibility as you would not have had the chance to find their shortcomings and tell your teachers about them and/or suggest them to revise it to your liking. I mean, teachers are people and are very capable of being persuaded. Not reading your LORs therefore ensures that they are in their original state.</p>

<p>As to your second question, I can see why that may be an issue of concern, but as a previous poster on CC once said, it’s best not to ask teachers who aren’t perfectly comfortable writing a rec letter in English. You as the student should consider this beforehand.</p>

<p>Hope this helps and happy holidays~!</p>

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<p>If you have read the letter then you could have had influence on what was written and how it was written.</p>

<p>If you haven’t they know it’s completely honest and truly stated.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I just wanted to know why it was so bad to read them.</p>

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<p>Yeah it’s more about waiving your right to see them than actually seeing the letters</p>