Recommendation Letters are an integral part of a successful university application as they are a requirement by some universities.
Your recommendation letter is an important part of your application because:
Demonstrates your character, strengths and experiences which helps to assure the admission officers that you are an asset to the university
Helps you stand out from other applicants
Acts as a formal endorsement of your abilities and potential
To begin this process, you’ll need to send recommendation requests to your teachers. If you’ve never sent a recommendation request before, don’t worry — we’ve got you covered! Our step-by-step guide will walk you through everything you need to know to complete the process smoothly.
Important! If you’ve already invited any recommenders in your Common App directly, please log into your Common App account and remove them first. Then, navigate back to BridgeU to send your teacher recommendation requests from BridgeU directly.
Step 1: Navigate to the Decide tab on your main menu and click Teacher recommendations
Step 2: Click Invite teacher to send out your first teacher recommendation.
Step 3: Enter the teacher’s name and email address. You may use the template pre-populated message available or personalise your message to the teacher by editing the message box. Once ready, click on Send Invite.
Step 4: You are all set! Your teacher recommendation request has now been sent!
Step 5: To track your requests, go to the Your Invited Teachers section. Here you can review the status of all your sent recommendation requests.
"Completed" means that your teacher has finished writing the recommendation and submitted it to your school counselor/advisor. Once your teacher has completed the recommendation request, it becomes available for your school counselor/advisor to assign to your selected universities.
You will see confirmation of the teacher recommendation submission in your Common App account after your counselor/advisor adds your university selections and submits it for you.
💡 Make sure you let your counselor know which teacher recommendation you would like to be sent to which university. You can use the Teacher Recommendation assignment template to help you too!
If you have any questions or general feedback - we’d love to hear from you! Simply reach out to our Support team via Live Chat or by emailing us on: hi@bridge-u.com and we’ll gladly assist you further.