<p>Do the recommendation letters HAVE to be from teachers? The common app states two teacher recommendations on the things to turn in. However, I also want supervisors from my volunteer work to write me a letter. May they send one?</p>
<p>Schools that have a recommendation requirement do require teacher recommendations. You will want to strictly comply with that requirement and not substitute your supervisor for one of those.</p>
<p>But, many schools also allow submission of recs from other people. These additional optional recommendations can be submitted through common app to the schools that allow them. Go into your dashboard and look in the assign recommenders section of each of your schools to see whether “other recommenders” are permitted. If so, you can invite your volunteer supervisor as an “other recommender” through the manager recommenders section and then assign him or her to the schools that accept other recommendations.</p>