<p>Hi, I was just wondering if I need also a LOR from my principal?
I mean, I know I need 2 Teacher Recommendations, but what about the School Report? Does the principal (the one filling my school report) need to write also a letter of recommendation like the one my teachers wrote????
Besides the evaluations. I am confused..</p>
<p>Well for me, my guidance counselor sends the school report. A letter does get sent as part of her report, yes.</p>
<p>Thanks! I am an international and we are not used to all this, I asked two teachers for my recs, so should I tell my principal to write a long letter aswell?? we have a “typical letter” that says very briefly, formally and in a very unpersonal way, that the student was well behaved, that is it. Would that work?</p>
<p>actually, school report is more a description of the school so they can put you in the context of the school. It outlines the opportunities (AP, IB, etc.) available at your school, outlines the grading system if unconventional, mentions some stats about how many students tend to attend college, etc. It isn’t an additional letter of rec. But the counselor’s is usually sent with it.</p>
<p>I believe this is what gets sent:</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/SSR_School_Form.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/SSR_School_Form.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thanks a lot!!! I already have the form but I was wondering if I needed a letter of recomendation as well, like with the teachers, teacher evaluation forms plus a letter of recomendation.
So the right thing would be the form plus a school sort of description? nothing about me? how long should it be? a couple of lines?</p>
<p>bump! thanks</p>
<p>yeah basically, my school did one like a brochure with lots of pretty graphs and such 
isd that necessary, honestly, I doubt it. If your school has students who regularly go to the US, they p[robably have one on hand. If not, just make sure it’s quantitative, number, not general words. And have it include the things I listed.</p>
<p>I am a little sad reading this. </p>
<p>If you look at the form counselor letter linked above, it contains a basic recommendation, and invites the counselor to provide more detail if he or she wants. Many don’t – in large public schools, a counselor may be responsible for hundreds of kids – and many do – private school counselors often write extensive letters about a student. But the form also asks the counselor to attach both the applicant’s transcript and a school profile.</p>
<p>The school profile is not a simple, two-line kind of document someone can dash off after lunch. It may fit onto one page, but only if the type is really small, and some schools have very extensive profiles. The school profile is absolutely critical for providing context to the admissions staff, especially for applicants from schools with which they are not already familiar.</p>
<p>Here is an outline that I think represents kind of the minimum: [Sample</a> High School Profile](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/guidance/counseling/profile/sample]Sample”>Sample High School Profile – Counselors | College Board)</p>
<p>It should have data about grading system and patterns, rankings, student backgrounds and socioeconomic status, surrounding community (if relevant), curricular choices, test scores, outcomes, special programs within the school, accreditation, teacher qualification, affiliation with other organizations. And other stuff; I’m not an expert. The point is that to evaluate your particular transcript and achievements, one has to know a lot about the school, and the school profile is the main/only source of that information. It’s way more important than an additional recommendation, at least as long as Yale doesn’t have a thousand copies of it in other people’s files already.</p>
<p>You really need to get on this quickly if your school doesn’t have an appropriate document to attach to the form counselor letter.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot everyone!
JHS thanks a lot for the link, its perfect!, my school doesn’t send too many students overseas, there is like 1 every 3 years or so, and overseas not necessarily to the US, ugh! Im getting so frustrated with all the process, I feel like giving up at times.
Oh well!!, ill print the College Board sample and take it to the principal, so he uses it like a guide. I still need to take the letters to a translator before sending them in. </p>
<p>Thanks a lot again guys and good luck!</p>