<p>So one of the teachers writing my recommendation went to CMC, which is one of the schools I'm applying to.</p>
<p>When she writes it, does the school know that she graduated from there? I had heard from friends and my high school counselor that having her as a recommend-er will at least cause them to spend a little more time on my application, but unsure of whether this is true.</p>
<p>The teacher may bring it up independently, but I’m fairly certain the school’s admissions office won’t have time to check the background of each teacher who submits a rec. Who knows, though? A lot of schools have policies independent of what I’d see as intuitive, and a lot don’t.</p>
<p>I used a teacher who went to Pace for my Pace rec. It asks how familiar the teacher is with Pace on the rec. I don’t know how it works with other schools’ recs though.</p>
<p>I was referring more to a general recommendation to a school (i.e., if you want to tailor one to the Common App requirement but still have a letter customized for the school). If you’re looking at specific programs it really depends on the school, and I don’t exactly know how you’d extract the information without sounding exploitative of the current “system.”</p>
<p>CMC won’t know that she’s an alumna (the word alumni is both plural and masculine) unless she mentions it.</p>
<p>On the other hand, when I have written recommendations for students applying to my alma mater, I have made a point of mentioning that I am an alumnus, so that admissions officers will know I am as well acquainted with the college as I am with the applicant.</p>
<p>Skeezey - this is for my CommonApp, which includes 3/5 of the Claremont schools and a few non-Claremont schools</p>
<p>Rachel - That’s interesting, I suppose it does differ from school to school.</p>
<p>Sikorsky - oops! I knew I was using it wrong, but wasn’t sure how to fix it. When you wrote letters for students using CommonApp, it was just a general recommendation, right? But for specific schools, you mentioned your attendance there? </p>
<p>Anyway, CMC is one of my top choices, but Scripps is my #1. Does it make a difference? And thanks a lot, to everyone that replied :)</p>
<p>on the cmc supplement, under “what influenced you the most to apply to cmc” you can write that you’ve talked to your teacher (insert name) who is an alum of cmc… :p</p>
<p>also. Come to Claremont and the 5Cs! :)</p>
<p>Timetobegin, that’s exactly what I did.</p>
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<p>I think it would be best to tell your teacher to mention that in her letter of rec. I have heard that some teachers say something along the lines of “as an alum of [Redacted] University, I know that [redacted] would benefit from your universities resources…”</p>
<p>She knows I’m applying there and greatly encouraged me to, so I’m sure I don’t need to ask her to mention that. </p>
<p>The thing is, I’m applying to various other privates and using CommonApp, so it’s the same recommendation for each school. I’m not sure if it’d be a good or bad thing to have her mention her alum status because maybe it should be a general recommendation, fit for all schools.</p>
<p>Give her a little credit. I am sure she can find a way to mention her own tie to one college without wrecking your letter to all the rest. </p>
<p>I would simply write your letter, then modify it for CMC, and send them the modified version by fax, email or snail mail. </p>
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