<p>I don’t see the point to the letters - especially letters from the outside - why should the college care about what a pastor has to say about the individual? This isn’t about what a nice person you are. I don’t even see the point in a letter from a prof since this is about academic performance and it is what it is.</p>
<p>If you have some temporary personal issues, like an illness, that affected your performance I can see it may make a difference. If it’s like most cases though, where it was too much partying, video gaming, socializing, sports, sleeping, a major you can’t handle, etc. that caused the problem then I don’t see the point in the letter. </p>
<p>You need to find out what their policy is in this area and deal with it. If it’s a matter of going on academic probation for a semester as is often the case, then don’t work on getting letters - work on your HW and studying!</p>