All prospective students are required to provide the contact information for a recommender who will submit a recommendation on their behalf. Your recommender should be someone who has been a manager/supervisor, colleague, or professor in an academic, employment, or community service context. Your recommender cannot be a future employer.

• Saving your answers on the recommendation section generates an automatic email to your recommender. Confirm the email address you entered is correct and up-to-date.

• Your recommender will receive an email with a link to our online form. The form contains a few short questions about their experience working with you. The recommender also has the option to upload a recommendation letter.

•  Recommendations automatically appear as “Received” after your recommender submits their form (if your program requires recommendations).

*Teach For America Corps Members applying for Relay programs will NOT need to submit recommendations as this requirement has already been satisfied in the TFA application process.

How can I remind my recommender to submit their recommendation?

1. Please call or email your recommender to remind them to submit Relay's online prompt as soon as possible.
2. You can also resend the form to your recommenders by re-visiting your recommendations page via the link on your personalized Admissions Checklist on your Status Page.
   1. Click "Edit."
   2. Click "Send Reminder."

How can I change my recommender?

To change your recommender or the emails of your recommender, please take the steps below.

1. Log into your application

   • If you already submitted your application, visit your personalized Admissions Checklist on your Status Page and click on the recommendations page link in the statement below the recommender checklist item.

   • If you have not submitted your application, log directly into your application.

2. Click “Recommendations.”

3. Click “Edit.”

4. Click “Exclude” to remove the email address of your recommender.

5. Click “Add Recommender” to create a new recommendation with the new email address.

6. Click “Send to Recommender” so your new recommender gets an email requesting they complete our online form.

7. Monitor their submission using your Status Page.

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