Letters of Recommendation

You will need to request Letters of Recommendation from faculty members or internship supervisors. Be sure to allow plenty of time for those you are requesting letters from. Only make requests to individuals that will be willing and able to provide strong letters for you. Make this request to your faculty or supervisors in writing; this will give them an opportunity to bow-out if they do not feel they can write you a strong letter. Aren’t you glad now that you got to know your faculty members and did an internship!?

Dr. Moore,

I am pursing admission to several Counseling Psychology Ph.D. programs for the fall of 2007. As I prepare my applications, I wanted to inquire about your availability to write recommendation letters for me. After doing my research, I have narrowed down my search to eight counseling psychology doctoral programs. I would greatly appreciate letters of recommendation from you regarding my ability to be successful in graduate programs such as these.

If you are available to provide these letters, I will drop off the forms early next week or at a time that is more convenient for you. I will have individual packets assembled for each school to streamline the letter writing process. I would like send out my applications in mid November and would appreciate it if I could pick up the recommendation letters on Wednesday, November 15, 2006.

Thank you in advance for your help. I appreciate you time.

Patricia Watanabe

Dropping Off Your Recommendation Letter Forms to Your Faculty

 

Patricia Watanabe
5000 Sunflower Lane
Santa Margarita, CA 95387

October 20, 2006

Rebecca Moore, Ph.D.
Educational Psychology, Administration and Counseling
California State University, Fullerton
800 North State College
Fullerton, CA 92834

 

Dear Dr. Moore,

Thank you for writing letters of recommendation on my behalf. I am applying to the following universities:

University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Oregon
Arizona State University
University of Texas, Austin
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Colorado State University
University of Denver
University of Missouri-Columbia

Below are the courses that I have taken with you:

Spring 2005	EDP 547 Students in U.S. Higher Education	A
Fall 2006	EDP 555 Cross Cultural Counseling	A
Spring 2007	EDP 516 Counseling the Adult	A
	EDP 693 Advanced Professional Seminar	A
Fall 2006	DP 547 Theory to Practice	A
	EDP 698 Thesis	A

Here are other activities in which I have participated-

• Volunteer, Career in Student Affairs Day, 2006
• Research Assistant, Dr. JoAnne Cannon, Fall 2006

I have enclosed my curriculum vitae and recommendation letter forms with addressed envelopes. Please seal the envelopes and write your signature across the seal. Please do not mail the recommendation letters. Each school has a different preference for receiving recommendation letters and I will send the signed sealed envelopes after I have picked them up from you. Please note that the University of Wisconsin – Madison is not in your packet because they require online submission of recommendation letters. You will receive an email request from the University of Wisconsin – Madison to complete my recommendation letter.

I would like send out my applications in mid November and would appreciate it if I could pick up the recommendation letters on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. Please call me at 714-555-5555 or email me at patricia.watanabe@gmail.com with any questions.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Patricia Watanabe