<p>I'm a home school student, and I'm planning to have two teacher recommendations sent in via the Common App from community college professors. What I'm worried about is that the teacher evaluation form seems very High School-specific. Is there a way for my professors to send in a letter without filling out the evaluation form? Or should I have them fill it out with the Community College information in place of the High School information (so the name of the CC in place of the name of the HS, etc.)? I imagine they haven't dealt with recommendations in general, or the Common App in particular, as much as most HS teachers have, so I might need to give them some specific advice.... I'm just not sure WHAT advice!</p>
<p>Yes, the recommenders can opt to mail in their referrals, but I doubt it will be necessary. My daughter used one community college recommender and several university professor recommenders, and they had no problem using the online Common App.</p>
<p>Okay. So I guess they can just put the college information where it asks for secondary school information? If the actual “Teacher Evaluation” form is optional, I could ask them not to fill it out and just attach a letter, but I’m not sure if that would look weird to admissions. Other than the lines where it asks for “secondary school” info, I guess there’s no reason they can’t fill out the evaluation form.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, after receiving the invitation email from the Common App generated by your naming of them as a recommender, they will create their account and identify the school where they teach. I assume that will make all questions specific to their type of school.</p>