Biz-e-mom Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 If so, can you share yours with me? You can PM me and I will give you my email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz-e-mom Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 I am having to write one and needing some ideas on how to do so. If anyone too, knows of any websites out there that are related to how to writing a letter of recommendation for your homeschool child(ren) that would be great too!😊 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Usually places that ask for a LoR want an outside source. Can you tell us what this is for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Is there a particular reason why you need to write this as a parent? Unless someone particularly requests you to do it as a parent, you should pretty much steer clear of writing one for your own kids. It is more likely to have a negative effect than a positive one no matter how balanced you try to write it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 The counselor letter required by the Common App is essentially a letter of recommendation and many of us have written those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz-e-mom Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Hi merylvdm, It is for applying our son for Early College. The school is wanting me to write a LOR since I am our sons teacher, plus, have two other people write one for him too!😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merylvdm Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Hi merylvdm, It is for applying our son for Early College. The school is wanting me to write a LOR since I am our sons teacher, plus, have two other people write one for him too!😊 Ah - I have never heard of a college wanting one from the parent. I did have to write why we homeschooled and had to provide a list of curriculum for a number of schools for my 3 kids who have gone through the process, but hadn't come across that. That will be tough ... hopefully someone has had to do it and can give you advice. I guess you need to be as objective as possible. Hard one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I had to write one when my daughter applied to a high school's magnet program. The best part was that, since they wanted a LOR from her math, English and science teachers, I got to write two of the three so that they could check both the math and English boxes. Fortunately, we outsourced science that year. Yeah, it was stupid, and I tried to get them to take LORs from someone who wasn't me, but the box had to be checked. I wish I still had the letter, but it went something like, "Student A has been homeschooled since Xth grade. During that time, she has covered X, Y and Z math [or English] using A, B and C materials. She has consistently scored in the xth percentile on her math/English tests, or on her standardized tests, which I have always given two [or whatever] grade-levels ahead of her chronological age. [i attached copies of the TOCs for her math texts to the LOR to show that we were using mainstream math programs--this was a STEM magnet.] Her primary strengths are. . .. Her weaknesses are. . .. She will benefit from your program because [insert something that makes them look good--I can no longer challenge her at home, for example--they'll love that]. The program coordinator did tell me that parent LORs tend to be harsher than teacher LORs, so I wouldn't necessarily aim for brutal honesty. Although I thought it was silly, I did end up enjoying writing mine. It was kind of nice to be told to brag about my kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz-e-mom Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thanks so much plansrme!😊 This gives me a better idea of what I need to do now.😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz-e-mom Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hi merylvdm, I have to say I have not heard of this either until now. Lol!😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillStanding Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I had to write one this year for my daughter's early decision "reach for the starts university." We will know in February if she has been accepted. The Home-school counselor wanted the LOR from me because I was the primary teacher, counselor, principal,etc for my daughter. I also sent them a Home-school Profile that included the reasons why we home-school and course descriptions, etc. We had two other teachers who know my daughter well write LOR , and and the "counselor" from our umbrella school (who doesn't know my daughter) wrote the counselor LOR for the Common App. (here in TN we are considered a Private School). "Plansme" gave you good advise, if you wan to see mine just PM me and I will send you a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 My husband and I wrote ones for our son who hopes to attend a selective boarding high school. It went much like plansrme said. One was written about his religious education and one for secular education. We tried (and succeeded) in talking about different positive and negative qualities he has. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Yes, I wrote a letter of recommendation to each of the colleges to which my daughter applied. The approach I took was to compile a list of various character traits. I asked my husband to look it over and decide which characteristics best described our daughter. I did the same myself. Once I had that list of traits, I tried to think of anecdotes and experiences from my daughter's life that showed them. That was the basis of my counselor letter. Some of the traits I ended up ignoring simply because the letter was getting too long.I also included one negative feature in the letter. I thought this was important in terms of balance. But I also tried to give it a positive spin. If you'd care to see the list of character traits I compiled, send me a personal message with your email address, and I'll send it along.Good luck with your writing!Regards,Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Someone linked to this in a discussion of doing counselor letters. I especially liked the sample letters with commentary about what is and isn't helpful to admissions. http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/writingrecs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz-e-mom Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Hi paintmisha, I wanted to let you know I sent you a PM.😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz-e-mom Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Thanks YaelAldrich, Kareni, and Sebastian (a lady).😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz-e-mom Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 All of this homeschooling high school preparation is so new to me. I am so thankful for this message forum, and to all of you wonderful homeschooling mom's too!😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz-e-mom Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Sending out a "Big Thank You" and "Big Hugs" too, to paintmisha, Kareni, and the rest of you, you all have been such a great big help to me. Again, thanks! I just love this group and the wonderful homeschool parents here. I appreciate you all so much. Wishing each and everyone of you a wonderful and safe New Year!😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I just love this group and the wonderful homeschool parents here. Hear, hear! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillStanding Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 You are welcome :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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