title = "Letters of Recommendation Requirements"

content = """
Recommendation letters provide admissions readers with third-party perspectives
on an applicant's intellectual engagement, character, and contributions to learning
communities. Crystal Peak requires specific recommendation types while offering
flexibility for applicants to showcase their strengths through optional submissions.

**Required Recommendations:** All applicants must submit one counselor recommendation
and one teacher recommendation. The counselor letter provides context on the
student's academic trajectory, extracurricular involvement, and personal circumstances.
The teacher letter should come from an instructor in a core academic subject
(English, mathematics, science, social studies, or foreign language) who taught
the student in grades 10-12.

**Teacher Selection Guidance:** Applicants should select teachers who know them
well and can speak to specific intellectual contributions, growth moments, or
academic challenges overcome. Teachers from junior or senior year typically
provide the most relevant perspectives, though sophomore teachers are acceptable
if the relationship was particularly significant.

**Optional Additional Recommendations:** Applicants may submit one additional
recommendation from a coach, employer, mentor, or other non-familial adult who
can contribute unique perspective not captured by academic recommenders. More
than one optional recommendation is discouraged and may dilute rather than
strengthen the application.

**Submission Process:** Recommenders receive automated email invitations upon
applicant entry of contact information. The Common Application platform manages
submission and tracks completion status. Applicants should follow up with recommenders
two weeks before deadlines to confirm receipt of invitations and anticipated
submission dates.

**FERPA Waiver:** Applicants must indicate whether they waive their right to
access recommendation letters under FERPA. Waiving this right signals to readers
that recommenders felt free to write candidly. Neither waiving nor retaining access
affects admission outcomes.

**Late Recommendations:** Applications may be marked incomplete if recommendations
arrive after the deadline. Rolling admission programs may accommodate late
materials within reason; competitive deadline programs require all materials
to be submitted by the posted date.
"""

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