My daughter just received an email today inviting her to send two letters of recommendation. Her chosen major is legal studies. She’s getting one from her counselor and academic teacher. Did you guys get one?
Yes I did! My stats are pretty good too. I asked my friend who is at Berkeley right now and she said that some of her friends were asked that, and not to look into it too much. It just means they want to know more about you and are interested.
it is optional, but still do it. It will do more good than bad!
UCB will ask a variety of applicants to submit LOR’s. This is a great opportunity to “toot your horn” so to speak and I agree they can only help your application. Although optional, I would highly recommend to seize this opportunity.
Best of luck.
Is it based on major or randomly do they ask for LOR?
Here are some of the reasons for the LOR request from UCB. Do not try to ready anything into the request. They just need more information to make an informed admissions decision.
- Evidence of focus on an area of special talent which may have limited a student’s time to participate in a broader range of activities.
- Evidence of character traits that imply a strong likelihood of making a significant contribution to campus life.
- Evidence of significant academic achievement or the potential for academic achievement at the University in spite of extraordinary or compound disadvantage or learning difference, or physical disability or other unusual circumstances.
- Evidence of significant improvement in the academic record accompanied by one or both of the following: (1) reasons for the initial poor performance; and (2) sustained and in-depth participation in educational outreach programs, which demonstrate the applicant’s commitment to succeed academically within a challenging environment.
- Evidence of relative lack of access to, counseling about, or support to take college preparatory, honors, Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) classes or required college entrance examinations.
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