<p>Can I send off a letter of rec from a professor I never took a class with ? I did a lot of volunteer work under him and he would definitely fill one out for me if I asked.</p>
<p>Sure. In many ways this is even more powerful than a professor just saying you did well in class.</p>
<p>That’d good to know. The only thing that concerns me is that the instructor evaluation for common app ask which class I took with the professor … can he just our n/a?</p>
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<p>This is incorrect, the CA Instructor Evaluation form is unambiguous:</p>
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<p>After the Instructor LOR requirements are met, a supplemental LOR can be sent from a non-Instructor. However, they would just do so on letterhead, not the CA Instructor Evaluation form.</p>
<p>More important than what the Common App says is what the school you’re applying to says, so call up their admissions and ask.</p>
<p>I agree that the college website is important for finding transfer requirements, like how many LORs are needed. However, Instructor LORs are always from Profs/Instructors/TAs/etc. from classes you have taken for credit, someone you did volunteer work for would never satisfy the Instructor requirements for ANY college.</p>