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Please note that if your student is applying to the National College Match, your student's application is both a college admissions and scholarship application. Your recommendation will be read by QuestBridge staff as well as by college admissions officers who are deciding whether to admit your student to their school. It is therefore best to direct your recommendation to both audiences, not only to QuestBridge.

For tips on writing a strong recommendation, please read our Recommendation Tips.

Online recommendation

To complete an online recommendation, you will need to log into an existing account or create a new one. Your student must have already registered you as his/her recommender in order for you to access the recommendation form.

• Go to http://application.questbridge.org and click "create new account". You should use the same e-mail address to create your account that your student entered for you when registering you. If you do not, your account will not be linked to your student's application, and you will be unable to access the student's recommendation form.
• After creating the account, you will receive an e-mail with a link to a page allowing you to create a password. If you do not receive this e-mail, please check your spam or junk mail folders.
• Once you have created your password, you can log into your account. Your student's name should appear on your "My Locker" page, giving you access to the recommendation form.
• If your student's name does not appear, either your student has not yet registered you or you created an account using a different e-mail address from the one your student used. In the latter case, ask your student to change your e-mail address listed in his/her account to match the one you used. Please do not change the e-mail address in your account, as this will not connect the accounts.

Faxed recommendation

If you prefer to submit your recommendation by fax, ask your student to print the Recommendation Form from his/her "My Locker" page. This form will include a fax coversheet with a bar code at the top and have your name and your student's name pre-printed on it.

When sending multiple forms to QuestBridge, you should send each form separately, using the appropriate fax coversheet. If you send multiple documents at once, our system may not process the bar codes properly and the documents may not be received. Once a fax has been received by our system, its status will appear as "Completed" in the Faxes Received section of the student's "My Locker" page. Sometimes it may take up to 48 hours for a fax to be processed.

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• School transcript
  • An official transcript is preferred, but if your school does not fax official transcripts, an unofficial one will suffice.
  • The transcript must be submitted by fax using the "Transcript and Test Scores" fax coversheet, available from the student's "My Locker" page.
  • We ask that you do not mail transcripts under any circumstances, as they will not be processed.
• Standardized test score reports (please note: standardized test scores are required only if your student has taken them)
  
  • Test score reports must be submitted by fax, using the "Transcript and Test Scores" fax coversheet available from the student's "My Locker" page.
  • If your school does not keep records of these tests, students can submit copies of score reports they received in the mail or that are available online through the testing agencies’ websites.
  • Please do not have your student submit test scores to QuestBridge through the College Board or ACT, as we will not receive them and the student will be charged by the testing agency.

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• Secondary School Report (counselor recommendation)
  • This form provides information about the student's academic performance within the context of your school. You will be asked to provide the student's GPA and class rank (if available), comment on the student's coursework, and provide information on the student's character and involvement in school.
  • The SSR can be submitted online or by fax (see "Writing a recommendation" above for details).
• School transcript
  • An official transcript is preferred, but if your school does not fax official transcripts, an unofficial one will suffice.
  • The transcript must be submitted by fax using the "Transcript and Test Scores" fax coversheet, available from the student's "My Locker" page. We ask that you do not mail transcripts under any circumstances, as they will not be processed.
• Standardized test score reports
  • Score reports are required for SAT Reasoning, SAT Subject, and/or ACT tests. AP test score reports can be submitted but are not required. If your school does not keep records of these tests, students can submit copies of score reports they received in the mail or that are available online through the testing agencies’ websites.
  • Test score reports must be submitted by fax, using the "Transcript and Test Scores" fax coversheet available from the student's "My Locker" page. Please do not have your student submit test scores to QuestBridge through the College Board or ACT, as we will not receive them and the student will be charged by the testing agency.
• School Profile (optional)
  • The School Profile is a document providing background information about your school, such as its size, courses offered, percent of students going on to higher education, etc. While optional, submitting a School Profile helps us better understand the context of your student's academic performance.
  • The School Profile should be submitted by fax, using the "School Profile" fax coversheet available from the student's "My Locker" page. If you have multiple students applying, you will need to fax the profile for each individual student using their own fax coversheet.
• Match Participation Agreement (required only for students who have ranked colleges for the College Match process)
  • This form specifies which colleges the student has selected to rank for the College Match and must be signed by the student, a parent or legal guardian, and school counselor to indicate an understanding of the binding nature of the College Match. A student only needs to submit this form if he/she is participating in the College Match process and chose to rank colleges.
  • The form will be available on the student's "My Locker" page after he/she has submitted college rankings selections for the College Match process. It must be submitted by fax with the required signatures and is due the same day as the rankings selections (after the application deadline). This form is due by October 12, 2011.