Northern High School



Academic Information Sheet for Letters of Recommendation

TEACHER REQUEST

Students Name: _________________________________________________

Teachers Name: _________________________________________________

In preparing your letter of recommendation we want to provide the colleges with an overview of your academic background and achievement. We need your candid thoughts on the following topics. Please be honest and specific. Be sure to complete every question. The information you provide will be shared with the teacher who will be writing your recommendation Remember to give the teacher at least TEN BUSINESS days to write a recommendation.

1. What three or four words best describes you?

2. What are your academic strengths?

3. What are the qualities that set you apart from others?

4. What have been your favorite courses (forget grades) ?

5. Describe in detail a significant project, paper, or assignment you remember from the above course (s).

6. What did you lean in general from this teacher and their class?

7. What did you learn specifically from this teacher and their class?

8. What experience in the past few years has excited you academically or intellectually?

9. Do you feel you have worked up to your potential? What do you think is an accurate measure of your work?

10. What do you want to learn in college?

11. What majors are you considering in college?

12. What are your present career goals? (general and/or specific) Why?

13. What one aspect of yourself would you emphasize if you were writing your own letter of recommendation? Use examples or anecdote to explain.

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