Does UT require rec. letters?

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<p>Does UT require rec. letters? Do they have like some sort of form that I print and get my teacher to fill out or do I just hand my teacher an envelope and tell here to write me a rec. letter? Also, do they need a counselor rec. too or only a teacher one?</p>

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<p>No rec letters are required for the regular ApplyTexas application. However, any honors applications do require an online-submitted rec letter, which will be detailed to your during the honors application process.</p>

<p>The regular application does accept rec letters, I believe, though.</p>

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<p>I don’t think its REQUIRED but they do accept them</p>

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<p>there’s no special rec. form for undergrads. Sealing your rec letters in envelopes together with your application docs will be good enough</p>

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<p>My son’s school wll send them bundled with the transcript if you ask… less chance of being lost!</p>

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<p>some honors do, but no for regular application</p>

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<p>How much will a rec letter affect the application?</p>

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<p>so shud i just hand my teacher an envelope and tell her to write me a rec. letter?</p>

<p>and i also hav a UT ID. so shud i write that ID on my app. and/or rec. letter?</p>

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<p>Letters of recommendation are not on the list of items considered for admission.</p>

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<p>Here is the link on the admissions site which addresses recommendations. It states:</p>

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<p>johnsyed, anything you submit to UT should have your UT EID on it to make sure it is matched to your information.</p>

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<p>what if we don’t have a UT ID # yet>?</p>

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<p><a href=“UT EID”>UT EID;

<p>You may already have one, otherwise it will get assigned when you submit your application.</p>

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<p>Sorry, that should say that you may already have one, but you can request one as well. On the site I linked there is an option for “Get a UT EID” that will guide you through the process.</p>

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<p>I sent all my application documents without a UT EID written on it. It can cause lots of trouble though. My online full name was different than what I put on the mailed documents. So after the application process I had two UT EIDs sent to me which was then merged with some difficulty. If you don’t have a UT EID and don’t plan to get one yet, make sure everything on your documents correspond exactly to what you gave online.</p>

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<p>If you sent your SAT scores, you have a UT EID.</p>

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<p>Not required, but they accept 2 and they are recommended</p>

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<p>I’ve never heard there is a limit for letters of rec. - where did you see/hear that?</p>

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<p>UT admissions person for the Houston Area spoke at my school and Im about 90% sure she said this</p>

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<p>I wonder if it’s different for Freshman, the advisor I met with when I was initially applying for transfer last spring never mentioned there was a limit, and when I hand delivered mine there was nothing brought up either. Hopefully they don’t discard the extraneous ones I have on file…</p>