<p>I currently attend a community college due to extenuating family circumstances, and want to transfer to a four-year for Fall 2008. That being said, application deadlines are coming up pretty quickly, and so I am left with several questions about the application process in general:</p>
<li><p>I am submitting my application online. How does that work, then, when you are submitting your letters of recommendation? Does the teacher recommending you submit it directly via mail, or do they send it as an attachment to the application, or would I submit it myself, or is the process completely different?</p></li>
<li><p>What should an exceptional letter of recommendation entail?</p></li>
<li><p>Some schools (with deadlines ranging from February 15-March 15) say they accept scores from the January SAT and the February ACT. Will I get a chance to see these scores before I decide to send them off, or will I be taking a leap of faith in choosing to send these particular scores?</p></li>
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<p>I know I have more questions than this, but I cannot think of them at the moment. I will post more as I think of them. Thanks for whatever help you may be able to provide.</p>
<p>1) For the majority of schools, your teachers will submit their recommendations via mail. A few schools will allow teachers to submit electronically, although those schools are in the minority, and still allow the mailing option.</p>
<p>2) A good letter of recommendation should have specific anecdotes or stories about you, instead of generalized adjectives. If the teacher says you are a good leader, he should follow up with an example of your leadership abilities. Check other threads for more information re: rec letters.
E.g. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/444338-what-excellent-amazing-great-college-recommendations-like.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/444338-what-excellent-amazing-great-college-recommendations-like.html</a> is a good starting place.</p>
<p>3) I think you’ll be able to see the scores before sending them off (assuming you don’t list score recipients at the time of registering for the test; in that case the scores will be sent probably around the same time you get them back), but keep in mind that all your scores will be sent; you don’t pick and choose. That said, most colleges say they will only consider your highest scores.</p>
<p>Best of luck! =)</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help!</p>