Teacher Recommendation Guide

Created by: Ashleigh Taylor, Founder of Empowered 4 College Counseling

Letters of recommendation are one of the most controllable parts of a college application but they are often the most overlooked.

This guide, written by a former University of Michigan Senior Admissions Officer, walks through how to choose the right recommenders, when and how to make the ask, what to include in a strong brag sheet, and how to set your teachers up to write letters that genuinely strengthen your application. The brag sheet template provided to Empowered 4 College students is linked in the PDF.