<p>I just curiously. I saw a thread asking if college admission check the EC's and people of CC said since there are too much applications, they can't check unless the lie is too obvious. So do they check if the recommendation letters are truly written from teachers and are not fake- signed by student?</p>
<p>Glad CC is supplying you with such relevant application strategies :rolleyes:.</p>
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<li><p>Most LORs are uploaded by the teacher who are contacted by the CA via their school email.</p></li>
<li><p>When sending hard copy it is customary to send on letterhead stationary.</p></li>
<li><p>Colleges have been evaluating applications as long as long as some students have been trying to cheat the system. Occasionally a fake succeeds, feeling lucky?</p></li>
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<p>OP-don’t you ever see the articles about students who lie their way into a school ? I don 't see a good outcome if you are planning to go this route .</p>
<p>Many colleges send a response to the person making the rec. Some include a copy of the submitted rec with the thank you note.</p>
<p>I don’t mean that I want to write recommendation letters my own. But on the survey, “About 52% of prospective students write the letter and get it signed from recommender.”
The reason is “When recommenders don’t have the required skills or willing to learn how to write a letter, students don’t have a choice but to write recommendation letter for themselves.” For example the required teacher don’t want or don’t know how or can’t write the recommendation letter (e.g. lazy, poor writing skill (some teachers can’t even teach!))</p>
<p>How in the world did they become a teacher if they “don’t know how” to write a letter of recommendation? Overlooking the fact that there are numerous templates and guides on the Internet via a quick Google search, educators must go through college to receive at least a BA and to receive that degree, one must have written numerous papers in college. That claim is ridiculous. And if the teacher doesn’t want to write it, then either A) he/she doesn’t know you well enough to write it or B) he/she doesn’t like you very much. Either way, you shouldn’t be asking that teacher to write it.</p>
<p>What is perfectly appropriate and even recommended and appreciated, is for you to write a list of things about yourself that you would like mentioned. There are even some canned questionnaires you can use to help YOU write such a list. The person writing the rec will appreciate such a list, most of the time as they often have a lot of such letters to write, might be tired when writing it, and can get writers block or just not remember. Do ask the person, if s/he would like such a list. Some teachers even have one for the student to fill out.</p>