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Students: Requesting Teacher Recommendations if Your School Uses Scoir

Customer Support Team Updated by Customer Support Team

Students at schools that use Scoir and allow recommendation requests can make those requests right from the My Colleges page. After your teacher completes the recommendation, your counselor will handle sending it to your colleges.

Heads up! Not all schools allow students to request teacher recommendations in Scoir. Some have counselors manage the process instead. If you’re not sure what your school allows, check with your counselor first.

If your school does allow student requests but you don’t see the option in Scoir, your account may not be properly linked to your school. In that case, contact your counselor for help getting connected.

If your school doesn’t use Scoir at all, follow these directions to request teacher recommendations.

Requesting teacher recommendations

  1. Go to My Colleges in your Scoir student account and click Docs.

  1. Under Letters of Recommendation, click + New Request.
  1. In the request form, begin typing in the name of the teacher and choose from the dropdown
If the person you're requesting to write a recommendation is not in your high school as staff, they won't show up as an option and you'll need to contact your Counselor. The recommender can then send your recommendation directly to your Counselor for them to upload to Scoir.
  1. Then, choose the type of recommendation to request:
    • General (Recommended): Can be used for multiple colleges
    • College-specific (available only if permitted by your school): Can only be used for one school
    We highly suggest asking for general recommendations when possible since they can be used across all colleges.
    Lastly, add a short message, then click Submit.

Need to cancel a request? You can click Cancel to the right of your request if your teacher hasn't started working on it, but please do so thoughtfully to avoid delays or confusion for teachers.

You’ll get an email and a notification in Scoir when your teacher completes the letter. Just keep in mind—this doesn’t mean the letter has been sent to colleges. It only confirms that the teacher uploaded it. Your counselor will take care of sending it.

If you're using an iPhone, download the Scoir mobile app to get a push notification when your teacher completes your request.

Viewing the status of Recommendations

Students cannot access or view teacher recommendations.

While you won’t see the letter itself, you can track the status of your request:

To check the status:

  1. Go to My Colleges > Docs
  2. Look under Letters of Recommendation in the Status column:
    1. Requested: You’ve sent the request and the teacher has been notified
    2. In Progress: The teacher has started completing your rec
    3. Declined: Teacher denied your request
    4. Created: Letter is done!

 These statuses only show progress from your teacher. They don’t mean the letter has been sent to colleges yet.

Assigning Recommendations to Your Colleges

(Only for students attending schools using the Scoir + Common App™️ Integration)

If your school uses the Scoir + Common App integration, you'll need to assign your teacher recommendations to colleges before they can be sent. Your counselor won’t be able to send them until this step is complete.

  • Right now, you’ll assign recs to any colleges you’re applying to through a method other than Common App
  • In September, you’ll return to Scoir to assign recs to your Common App colleges
    • Important: You will only be able to assign one recommendation per teacher across all of your Common App colleges. This rule only applies to Common App schools—there’s no limit for other application types.

If your school does not use the Common App integration, you can skip this step. Your counselor will take care of sending your recommendations.

Not sure whether your school is using the integration? Check with your counselor to confirm.

📺 Watch this quick video walkthrough to see how it works.

Colleges receive a high volume of documents, and it can take time for their team to process everything they've received. If your school submitted your recommendations but a college says they’re missing, Scoir Support won’t be able to assist until 14 business days have passed. After that, reach out with a screenshot of your college portal or forward an email from the college confirming what’s missing.

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