Letters of Recommendations -- Can somebody clarify this?

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<p>EDIT: I realized that I probably should have posted this in the College Admissions forum. Please reply to my thread there instead: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=260791[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=260791</a></p>

<p>I’m terribly sorry for this mistake.</p>

<p>I’m a little confused about the whole Letter of Recommendation thing. I’m going to be applying to the following colleges:</p>

<p>CalTech
UC Berkeley
UC San Diego
UC Los Angeles
UC Davis
CalPoly - SLO</p>

<li><p>How do I figure out how many letters of recommendations I need (I couldn’t find anything on their websites)?</p></li>
<li><p>How do I turn in the letter of recommendation? Do I mail it to them, include a digital copy with my online application? Can somebody please explain this as I’m quite confused as to how it works.</p></li>
<li><p>Is there a deadline or something? When do I turn it in?</p></li>
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<p>MUCH thanks in advance for any help I can get.</p>

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<p>UCs don't require recommendations, so there's no directions for how to get them in. I'm not sending any with my applications to UCLA or UCB. However a friend sent in three recommendations to the address they ask you send your transcript to (office of admissions, I would assume); I'm not sure if they'll actually read them, but it can't hurt if you feel like your recs will help.</p>

<p>I don't know about the other schools on your list.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I was wondering if they aren't required if it would at least help to send them in. I know that my Physics and Industrial Engineering Technology teachers would do very favorable letters for me and I was thinking that'd boost my chances of getting into Berkeley Engineering, but if it's not even required I don't know if they'd look at it or even match it with my application.</p>

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<p>They don't want letters of reccomendation. Plain and simple.</p>

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<p>Caltech does want letters. You can use the forms on the Common App site.</p>

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  1. How do I turn in the letter of recommendation? Do I mail it to them, include a digital copy with my online application? Can somebody please explain this as I'm quite confused as to how it works.

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give the teacher writing the rec an addressed stamped envelope and ask them to mail it.</p>