Students can send teacher recommendation requests directly from their BridgeU account to their school advisor/ counselors by navigating to:
Decide tab → Teacher Recommendations
Once a student submits a recommendation request to a counselor/advisor, the recipient will receive an email notification.
As a counselor/advisor, you may receive one or more requests from students to write a letter of recommendation.
After receiving a teacher recommendation request email, click the Log in to access the request list button to view your recommender dashboard or you can log into your account at any time using your account credentials: https://app.bridge-u.com/ or for China users: https://app.bridge-u.com.cn/
Navigating your dashboard
All recommendation requests are viewable on the Documents tab > My requests dashboard. From here, you can view, edit, and submit all recommendation requests in one place.
Click the “Fill out form” button next to the student’s request
You will be taken to the recommendation form, which is divided into multiple sections.
Filling Out the Form
The recommendation form is divided into multiple sections to help you complete it step by step.
Complete all required fields in each section carefully.
Use the section titles on the right-hand side—Personal Details, School Details, Subject Area, and Written Evaluation to navigate between different parts of the form.
Make sure to review each section before proceeding to the next.
If you are unable to complete the form in one sitting, click “Save” to store your progress. You can return later and continue from where you left off.
If you upload a letter of recommendation in the Written Evaluation section, please ensure that the file is a PDF, less than 2MB in size and is NOT password encrypted.
Once all sections are complete, review your responses thoroughly and click “Submit” to send the recommendation to the assigned student’s advisor.
After submission
You can resubmit the teacher recommendation form with changes, as long as the student’s advisor has not already actioned your submission. You can check if your submitted form is editable for resubmission in the Action column: the green View/Edit form button will be available.
If your submitted teacher recommendation has a white View Submission button, you cannot make any further changes to your form for resubmission. In this instance, we recommend that you contact the student’s advisor to let them know of the changes you wish to make.
Advisors receiving completed recommendations from recommenders will process the recommendation in the same way on behalf of students, there is no change to this process for advisors.
For more information on how to submit completed teacher recommendations to universities, please review this help centre article: Teacher Recommendations Overview
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