<p>Now that I have been accepted to NYU, is it possible that I check the teacher recommendations? I would really like to see what a couple of them said about me.</p>
<p>You can't. If there is any chance that you see the teacher recommendations, it takes the integrity out of the whole system. You should have signed something that waives your right to ever see it. So, sorry. I suppose if you really want to know, you'd have to ask them personally.</p>
<p>Why would you want to see your teacher recommendations, especially after getting into NYU? Obviously, they were, at least, satisfactory recommendations...I mean if they weren't you probably wouldn't have gotten into NYU.</p>
<p>I was an international student, so my h.s had given me sealed envelopes containing non school-specific recommendations on my behalf. I ended up with extra envelopes so i opened one up. You'd be surprised how generous ur prof. can get when they're recommending you to a good school....
I know you couldn't care less.. :P</p>
<p>Well wait. What about if you checked the box that says "I do NOT waive my right to ever see these recs" or w/e? Can't you see them then? I checked that I wouldn't waive my right (but I've already seen my teacher rec (not counselor though) cuz she gave it to me to mail myself lol).</p>
<p>I believe they hold less weight, especially at higher level universities, if you do not waive your right. This is because then you can see the recs, which may influence how the professors write about you.</p>
<p>Haha I debated that, but in the end I decided to not waive my right because the teacher who I had write my rec was...well...less than competent in more than one way (but she was an eternal optimist about her students, which is why I took the risk and chose her). On the form it says they don't care if you waive your right or not, but who knows if that means anything. But anyway, obviously it didn't have too much of a negative impact cuz I still got in =P</p>
<p>^ that's a nice way to describe someone who took time to help you get into your desired college.</p>
<p>wow. my school FORCED my parents and i to waive our rights to see the recommendations. :(</p>
<p>there was literally no other option. we were TOLD to sign and waive our rights. the counselors said if any parent opposed this, they would gladly call the parent and explain to them why waiving the rights was best and privacy is important and blah blah blah...</p>
<p>and obviously no parent would want to tick off the counselor (and teachers) who will write their kid's college recommendations.</p>
<p>I didn't waive my rights, and I didn't want to. For some reason I thought that I would be able to see them if accepted. To me, that would not debase the integrity of the system.</p>
<p>I suppose that they must have been a factor which helped my acceptance because my stats weren't the best. There's just this one teacher who I asked to write me a rec; he confuses me to no end and I don't really know what he thinks of me as a student.</p>
<p>It's honestly not important.</p>
<p>hupkorea - if you knew this teacher you would understand. I gave her the forms before Thanksgiving, and started asking her if she had finished them starting two weeks before Christmas break started, everyday, and she still did not get it done until literally the Friday before the Sunday deadline (and she didn't have any others to do after Thanksgiving, which is why she told me to wait until then to give her the forms). And even then she had forgotten to do it and I had to reprint the forms during lunch and sit through her 6th period class while I'm pretty sure she just made a few changes to a letter she had written for another student. I am very glad, not to mention relieved, that she did get it done, but it was quite frustrating and typical of this teacher (although it was my choice to have her write my rec, yes).</p>
<p>katsy - that's strange your school made you guys do that! they dont have a right to do that....</p>
<p>actually my school forced me to waive my rights too. They said that if i didnt they refused to fill out the paperwork.</p>
<p>they do have right to do that.
they don't have to write you a recommendation, it's just a favor.</p>
<p>One time, another high school in my city had a teacher's strike and they refused to write recommendations for all students.</p>
<p>wow that's weird. never would have thought it was that big of a deal!</p>