Requesting a LOR on Naviance
Class of 2022
Who needs them?
● Letters of Recommendation (LOR) are required for a majority of
Common App schools and some out of state schools.
○ UCs and CSUs do not allow LOR.
○ Community Colleges do not allow letters
○ Verify the amount of teacher letters required by your college.
○ From the college website it will state if they require letters from
core teachers only or upper class teacher.
○ If a college requests a humanities teacher that would include
History, English and World Language.
This slide show will include:
Create or Log into your Common App
Add your colleges
Sign FERPA
Match your Common App with your Naviance account
Request a teacher LOR on Naviance
Follow the letter progress
Now that you have determined you need a letter...
These instructions are for teacher letters only. Instruction to request a counselor letter will be
announced in September. You should complete the LOR questionnaire and resume in Naviance if
you need a counselor LOR.
Steps and Parameters
● PRIOR to requesting the LOR in your Naviance account, students need to reach out to your
selected teacher(s). If you have not done this prior to the end of your junior year, reach out NOW.
● Do not request the letter in Naviance until the teacher has agreed to write it.
● If colleges request two letters from teachers, do not try and send more.
● Please only ask teachers if you need a letter. Each letter takes at least 2 hours to write.
● Do not wait until the last minute to ask for a letter from a teacher.
● Teachers are not required to write a letter and could have their own deadlines for requesting.
IMPORTANT:
If you plan to change the date of your deadline after you have officially entered it in Naviance, you must
ask your teacher & counselor if they can meet your adjusted deadline. For example, you entered in
Naviance a college as Regular decision which is Jan 1, then you want to change it to Early Action with a
deadline of Nov 1. Just changing the deadline without communication is not accepted. Before you request
the teacher letter in Naviance confirm it lists the correct deadline on the Colleges I’m Applying to page.
Log into your Common App account or create a Common App
account. Add the colleges you will be applying to.
Pages on the Common App to complete prior to officially requesting a teacher LOR
● Add at least one college to your application
● Complete your profile
● Complete the Current or Most Recent Secondary/High School page
● Complete the Other Secondary/High Schools page
● Waive your rights on the FERPA page
Complete the Profile Pages
Add the colleges - you need to add at least one college prior to requesting LOR
Sections: Current or Most Recent Secondary/High School and Other Secondary/High School on
the Education pages needs to be completed next, which is located on the Common App tab
It is important that you release your information on the FERPA page. Waiving your
rights lets colleges know that you do not intend to read your recommendation,
which helps reassure colleges that the letters are candid and truthful. Read the
choices carefully.
My Colleges Tab
Click on one of your
colleges.
DO NOT INVITE
Carlmont Teachers
or Counselors on the
“Invite
Recommenders”
section. You will
“invite” teachers
through Naviance
IMPORTANT
Read the FERPA Instructions
We suggest
Next we will match your Common App account to
your Naviance account. Log into your seq account
from the Carlmont website
Now log into your Naviance account from the Carlmont website
From your Naviance home page-select Colleges I’m Applying to
Click on Match Accounts - after the match, the colleges listed on your
Common App will automatically add to Colleges I’m applying to” in Naviance
After Matching, verify the deadlines are correct in your Colleges I’m Applying to” page. The date
listed will be the date counselors and teachers will use to send letters.
Now you can add LOR request for teachers in Naviance. Go to the College tab -
using the pull down click on Letters of Recommendation
Click on Add Request
Only select colleges that accept teacher LOR
1. Select one Carlmont teacher
2. In the personal note section, thank your teacher for taking
time to write a letter for you.
3. Select the college to send the letter from that teacher.
Repeat for additional teachers.
Do not select a UC or CSU to receive your letter as they do not accept them.
Each time you add colleges to Common App, you must return to Naviance to request the letter for
the added colleges.
What’s Next ??
*Your selected teachers will receive an email from Naviance with your request.
*Your teacher might ask you to complete a questionnaire to support their writing.
*You can check your Naviance account (LOR page) to verify letter has been
submitted (usually near deadline).
*If you change your application deadline (EA/ED to Regular, or Regular to EA/ED)
please contact your teacher to verify they are able to accommodate your change.
Then update your Naviance account. Do not assume changing the date in
Naviance is enough.
*Most Common App colleges will require a letter from your counselor and/or
school report. Information will be sent with that process later.
If your college is not on the Common App but needs a LOR, add the college using the
PLUS button on the “Colleges I’m applying to” page . Then follow slides 18 - 21 to
request a LOR from your teachers. Remember UCs and CSUs do not allow letters.
Questions??
Ask Mrs. Rasor from your College & Career Center
[email protected] or come into your College & Career Center
