Recommendation Requirements

2018 Recommendation Requirements

Hopefully, you won’t be asking your high school teachers to write you a letter of recommendation hours before the application deadline. In fact, we recommend locking down your recommenders well in advance. Enlightened College Applicants will get ahead of the game by utilizing our user-friendly list of recommendation requirements at 369 premier colleges and universities. Also included is whether each institution requires a recommendation from a guidance counselor as well as whether additional recommendations are permitted. All information was collected from institutional websites in August 2017 in order to provide our readers with the most up-to-date information.

Institution	Teacher Recommendations Required	Additional (Optional) Recommendations Allowed	Counselor Recommendation Required*	Additional Info
Agnes Scott College	1	3	Yes
Albion College	0	1	Yes
Alfred University	0	3	Yes
Allegheny College	1	2	Yes
Alma College	0	3	No
American University	1	2	Yes
Amherst College	2	1	Yes
Appalachian State University	0	3	No
Arizona State University	0	0	No	Two (2) letters required for applicants to Honors
Auburn University	0	2	No
Augustana College (IL)	0	5	Yes
Austin College	1	2	Yes
Babson College	1	3	Yes
Bard College	2	2	Yes
Barnard College	2	1	Yes
Bates College	2	0	Yes
Baylor University	0	5	No
Belmont University	0	0	Yes
Beloit College	1	2	No
Bennington College	2	3	Yes
Bentley University	1	4	Yes
Berea College	2	2	Yes
Berry College	0	2	Yes
Birmingham Southern College	0	3	No
Boston College	2	0	Yes
Boston University	1	1	Yes
Bowdoin College	2	1	Yes
Bradley University	0	3	No
Brandeis University	1	3	Yes
Brigham Young University	0	0	No
Brown University	2	2	Yes
Bryant University	0	3	Yes
Bryn Mawr College	2	1	Yes
Bucknell University	1	2	Yes
Butler University	0	3	No
California Institute of Technology	2	1	No
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo	0	0	No
Calvin College	1	4	No
Canisius College	1	1	Yes
Carleton College	2	1	Yes
Carnegie Mellon University	1	2	Yes
Case Western Reserve University	2	2	Yes
Catholic University	1	3	Yes
Centre College	1	4	Yes
Champlain College	1	0	Yes
Chapman University	1	1	Yes
Christopher Newport University	0	2	No
Claremont McKenna College	2	0	Yes
Clark University	1	2	Yes
Clarkson University	1	4	Yes
Clemson University	0	1	No	One (1) teacher and one (1) counselor recommendation required for Honors applicants
Coe College	0	3	No
Colby College	2	2	Yes
Colgate University	2	2	Yes
College of Charleston	0	2	No	One (1) letter required for applicants to Honors
College of the Atlantic	2	3	Yes
College of the Holy Cross	1	3	Yes
College of the Ozarks	2	2	No
College of William and Mary	0	3	Yes
Colorado College	2	2	Yes
Colorado School of Mines	0	2	No
Colorado State University	0	3	No	One (1) letter required for applicants to Honors
Columbia University	2	1	Yes
Connecticut College	2	0	Yes
Cooper Union	1	2	No
Cornell College	0	3	No
Cornell University	2	1	Yes
Creighton University	0	2	Yes
CUNY Baruch College	0	2	No
CUNY, Brooklyn College	0	2	No	Two (2) letters required for applicants to Macaulay Honors
CUNY, City College	0	2	No	Two (2) letters required for applicants to Macaulay Honors
CUNY, Hunter College	0	2	No	Two (2) letters required for applicants to Macaulay Honors
Dartmouth College	2	0	Yes	Peer recommendation encouraged
Davidson College	2	2	Yes
Denison University	1	1	Yes
DePaul University	0	2	No
DePauw University	1	3	No
Dickinson College	1	1	Yes
Drake University	0	3	No
Drew University	1	2	Yes
Drexel University	1	2	Yes
Duke University	2	1	Yes
Duquesne University	0	2	No	One (1) letter required (2 recommended) for health sciences majors
Earlham College	1	2	Yes
East Carolina University	0	2	No
Eckerd College	0	2	Yes
Elizabethtown College	1	2	Yes
Elon University	0	2	No
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	1	2	No
Emerson College	1	1	Yes
Emory University	2	2	Yes
Evergreen State College	0	1	No
Fairfield University	0	3	Yes
Florida Atlantic University	0	0	No
Florida Gulf Coast University	0	0	No
Florida Institute of Technology	0	3	Yes
Florida International University	0	0	No
Florida Southern College	0	3	Yes
Florida State University	0	0	No	One (1) teacher and one (1) counselor recommendation required for Honors applicants
Fordham University	0	2	Yes
Franklin & Marshall College	2	3	Yes
Furman University	0	5	No
George Mason University	0	2	No
George Washington University	1	1	Yes
Georgetown College	0	2	No
Georgetown University	1	1	Yes
Georgia College and State University	0	3	No
Georgia Institute of Technology	0	1	No
Georgia State University	0	0	No
Gettysburg College	1	2	Yes
Gonzaga University	1	1	No
Goucher College	1	1	Yes
Grinnell College	2	0	Yes
Gustavus Adolphus College	0	4	No
Hamilton College	2	0	Yes
Hampshire College	1	2	Yes
Harvard University	2	1	Yes
Harvey Mudd College	2	0	Yes	HMC requires a teacher rec from a math or science teacherÊandÊa humanities, social science, or arts teacher.
Haverford College	2	2	Yes
Hendrix College	0	3	No
High Point University	0	1	Yes
Hiram College	0	3	No
Hobart and William Smith Colleges	1	3	Yes
Hofstra University	2	4	Yes
Hollins University	0	5	Yes
Hood College	1	2	Yes
Hope College	0	2	No
Howard University	1	1	Yes
Illinois Institute of Technology	1	2	No
Illinois Wesleyan University	0	3	No
Indiana University	0	1	No	One (1) letter required for applicants to Honors
Ithaca College	0	3	Yes
James Madison University	0	2	No
Johns Hopkins University	2	0	Yes
Juniata College	1	5	No
Kalamazoo College	1	1	Yes
Kenyon College	1	2	Yes
Kettering University	0	1	No
Knox College	1	2	Yes
Lafayette College	1	1	Yes
Lake Forest College	1	1	Yes
Lawrence University	1	3	Yes
Lehigh University	1	2	Yes
Lewis & Clark College	1	2	Yes
Louisiana State University	0	0	No
Loyola Marymount University	1	2	Yes
Loyola University Chicago	1	2	No	Required letter can be submitted by teacher or counselor
Loyola University Maryland	1	1	Yes
Macalester College	2	3	Yes
Marietta College	0	2	No
Marist College	1	2	Yes
Marlboro College	2	3	No
Marquette University	0	2	No
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2	2	Yes
McDaniel College	1	1	Yes
Messiah College	0	2	No
Miami University	0	2	Yes
Michigan State University	0	0	No
Middlebury College	2	1	Yes
Millsaps College	0	1	No
Milwaukee School of Engineering	0	2	No
Mississippi State University	0	0	No
Morehouse College	1	1	Yes
Mount Holyoke College	2	2	Yes
Muhlenberg College	1	1	Yes
New College of Florida	0	1	Yes
New Jersey Institute of Technology	1	1	Yes
New York University	1	1	Yes
North Carolina State University	0	0	No
Northeastern University	1	1	Yes
Northwestern University	1	2	Yes
Oberlin College	2	1	Yes
Occidental College	2	1	Yes
Oglethorpe University	0	3	No
Ohio State University	0	1	No
Ohio University	0	3	No	Two (2) letters strongly recommended for applicants to Honors
Oregon State University	0	0	No
Penn State University	0	0	No	Two (2) letters required for applicants to Honors
Pepperdine University	1	0	No
Pitzer College	2	1	No
Pomona College	2	0	Yes
Princeton University	2	0	Yes
Principia College	1	0	Yes
Providence College	1	4	Yes
Purdue University	0	1	No
Quinnipiac University	0	3	No
Ramapo College of New Jersey	0	2	Yes
Reed College	2	1	Yes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1	2	Yes
Rhodes College	1	3	Yes
Rice University	1	1	Yes
Ripon College	0	2	No
Roanoke College	0	2	No
Rochester Institute of Technology	0	4	Yes
Rockhurst University	0	2	Yes
Rollins College	0	3	Yes
Rutgers University	0	0	No
Saint John's University (MN)	0	3	No
Saint Joseph's University	0	2	Yes
Saint Louis University	0	3	No
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame	0	2	Yes
Saint Michael's College	1	2	Yes
Samford University	1	2	No
San Diego State University	0	0	No
San Francisco State University	0	0	No
Santa Clara University	1	2	Yes
Sarah Lawrence College	2	0	Yes
Scripps College	2	2	Yes
Seattle University	1	2	Yes
Seton Hall University	1	1	Yes
Sewanee: University of the South	1	1	Yes
Siena College	0	2	Yes
Simmons College	1	1	Yes
Skidmore College	2	2	Yes
Smith College	2	1	Yes
Southern Methodist University	0	5	Yes
Southwestern University	0	5	Yes
Spelman College	1	2	Yes
St. Edward's University	0	3	Yes
St. John's College, Annapolis	1	1	Yes
St. John's College, Santa Fe	1	1	Yes
St. Lawrence University	2	1	Yes
St. Mary's College of Maryland	1	1	Yes
St. Olaf College	1	2	No
Stanford University	2	0	Yes
Steston University	0	3	Yes
Stevens Institute of Technology	1	2	Yes
Stonehill College	1	1	Yes
SUNY Binghamton University	0	1	Yes
SUNY Stony Brook	0	3	No
SUNY University at Buffalo	0	3	Yes
SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry	0	3	No
SUNY, Geneseo	1	3	Yes
SUNY, Maritime College	1	1	Yes
SUNY, New Paltz	1	2	No
SUNY, Oneonta	1	1	Yes
SUNY, Oswego	0	2	No
SUNY, Purchase College	1	1	Yes
SUNY, University at Albany	0	3	Yes
Susquehanna University	0	2	Yes
Swarthmore College	2	2	Yes
Syracuse University	2	0	Yes
Temple University	0	1	No
Texas A&M University	0	2	No
Texas Christian University	1	3	Yes
Texas Tech University	0	3	No
The College of New Jersey	0	3	Yes
The College of Wooster	1	3	Yes
Thomas Aquinas College	3	2	No
Towson University	0	2	No
Trinity College	2	1	Yes
Trinity University	1	1	Yes
Truman State University	0	3	No
Tufts University	1	1	Yes
Tulane University	0	3	Yes
Union College	1	2	Yes
United States Air Force Academy	3	2	Yes
United States Coast Guard Academy	2	2	Yes
United States Merchant Marine Academy	2	2	Yes
United States Military Academy	3	2	Yes
United States Naval Academy	3	2	Yes
University of Alabama	0	0	No
University of Arizona	0	0	No
University of California, Berkeley	0	0	No	May ask for a letter of recommendation as part of a supplemental application review
University of California, Davis	0	0	No
University of California, Irvine	0	0	No
University of California, Los Angeles	0	0	No	May ask for a letter of recommendation as part of a supplemental application review
University of California, Riverside	0	0	No
University of California, San Diego	0	0	No
University of California, Santa Barbara	0	0	No
University of California, Santa Cruz	0	0	No
University of Central Florida	0	2	No
University of Chicago	2	1	Yes
University of Cincinnati	0	3	No
University of Colorado Boulder	1	1	No
University of Connecticut, Storrs	0	4	No
University of Dallas	0	3	Yes
University of Dayton	0	1	No
University of Delaware	1	3	Yes
University of Denver	0	3	Yes
University of Evansville	0	2	No
University of Florida	0	0	No
University of Georgia	0	2	Yes	One (1) letter required for applicants to Honors
University of Hawaii at Manoa	0	2	No
University of Houston	0	0	No
University of Illinois at Chicago	0	4	No
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign	0	0	No
University of Iowa	0	0	No
University of Kansas	0	0	No
University of Kentucky	0	3	No
University of Louisville	0	0	No
University of Maine	0	3	Yes
University of Mary Washington	0	3	No
University of Maryland	1	2	Yes
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	0	2	No
University of Massachusetts Amherst	0	3	Yes
University of Miami	1	1	Yes
University of Michigan	1	3	Yes
University of Minnesota	0	2	No
University of Minnesota, Morris	0	2	No
University of Mississippi	0	0	No	Three (3) letters required for applicants to Honors (2 teachers and 1 counselor)
University of Missouri, Columbia	0	2	No
University of Missouri, Kansas City	0	0	No
University of Montana	0	0	No
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	0	2	No
University of New Hampshire	0	3	Yes
University of North Carolina at Asheville	0	2	Yes
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1	0	No
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	0	0	No
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	0	0	No
University of North Carolina at Wilmington	0	1	No
University of North Texas	0	3	No
University of Notre Dame	1	0	Yes
University of Oklahoma	0	2	No
University of Oregon	0	2	No	Two (2) letters required for applicants to Honors
University of Pennsylvania	2	0	Yes
University of Pittsburgh	0	0	No
University of Portland	1	2	Yes
University of Puget Sound	1	2	Yes
University of Redlands	1	1	No
University of Rhode Island	0	2	Yes
University of Richmond	0	2	Yes
University of Rochester	1	1	Yes
University of San Diego	0	3	Yes
University of San Francisco	0	2	Yes
University of Scranton	0	3	Yes
University of South Carolina	0	0	No	Two (2) letters required for applicants to Honors
University of South Florida	0	2	No
University of Southern California	0	2	Yes
University of St. Thomas (MN)	0	3	No
University of Tennessee	0	2	No
University of Texas at Austin	0	2	No
University of Texas at Dallas	0	2	No
University of Tulsa	0	2	No
University of Utah	0	0	No
University of Vermont	0	3	Yes
University of Virginia	1	2	Yes
University of Washington	0	0	No
University of Wisconsin	1	1	No
Ursinus College	0	2	Yes
Vanderbilt University	2	1	Yes
Vassar College	1	2	Yes
Villanova University	1	0	Yes
Virginia Tech	0	1	No
Wabash College	0	3	Yes
Wake Forest University	1	1	Yes
Warren Wilson College	0	5	Yes
Washington & Jefferson College	1	2	Yes
Washington and Lee University	2	1	Yes
Washington State University	0	0	No
Washington University	1	1	Yes
Wellesley College	2	2	Yes
Wentworth Institute of Technology	0	4	Yes
Wesleyan University	2	2	Yes
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	0	0	No
Westmont College	1	2	No
Wheaton College (IL)	1	1	No
Wheaton College (MA)	1	2	Yes
Whitman College	1	1	Yes
Whittier College	1	2	Yes
Williams College	2	1	Yes
Wittenberg University	0	4	No
Wofford College	0	3	Yes
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	1	4	Yes
Xavier University	0	3	Yes
Yale University	2	0	Yes
Yeshiva University	0	2	No	Two (2) letters required for applicants to Honors

*In addition to the School Report form that counselors are also required to complete (for most schools)