Additional information Recommendations & More
Recommendations
Although letters of recommendation are not required when applying for admission to the university, meaningful information about you from someone who can speak of you as a student and as a young adult in an unbiased way may help us to make the best decision possible when your admissions application is reviewed.
If you would like to ask someone to submit a letter of recommendation for you, try to select a person that you know will send us a well-written, sincere, personal letter of recommendation about you as an individual—someone who knows you well enough to do more than send a letter that’ll be just like the one they sent for 20 or 30 of your classmates. A letter of recommendation for you from someone who does not know you well or from someone who knows you too well to be unbiased (like family members, for instance) is less likely to be meaningful.
If you want to have someone write a letter of recommendation for you, be sure to ask them well in advance of the deadline so that they (or you) will have plenty of time to mail it or fax it us.
Recommendations for Honors Programs
Recommendations for freshman honors programs must be submitted using the online recommendation system.
Special Circumstances
Knowing about special circumstances in an applicant’s life sometimes helps an application reviewer to get a clearer picture of an individual applicant's qualifications.
If you’d like us to consider a special circumstance in your life, please submit a letter or Essay C detailing your situation. If you'd prefer that someone else tell us about the circumstance, have that person write a letter on your behalf. Sometimes a letter from a doctor or a counselor is also appropriate when communicating details about an individual situation.