<p>This may sound like a stupid question, but what exactly is the protocol for extra rec's? Does the person that I am getting the extra rec from just have to send it to the colleges without any extra forms? And, it it like a teacher rec where I can't see what he wrote?</p>
<p>Oh god.</p>
<p>Please learn how to search the forum.</p>
<p>You can photocopy the form and give it to the recommender for them to attach to their letter or you can decide not to. As long as somewhere in there your name and some identifying information about you appears so that the college can match the letter with the file, it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>You should not read it, just as a matter of course.</p>
<p>And you need to check individual schools' policies about extra recs. Some will not accept them.</p>