Counselors: Complete a counselor evaluation/recommendation

Counselor evaluations are required for many college applications. In Scoir, each one must be created individually from the student’s profile.

If your school will participate in the 2025-2026 Scoir + Common App integration:
Counselors can send only one counselor recommendation per student.

To begin, go to the student's profile and click Colleges & Applications > Manage Documents.

Next, scroll down to the Recommendations section and click Add + in the Counselor Evaluation row.

In the evaluation form, you'll see three sections for you to complete (continue reading for a description of each):

  1. Recommendation Details
    This section identifies who's submitting the evaluation. The dropdowns will default to "Myself" and "Counselor," which you can leave as-is unless you're completing this on behalf of another counselor.
    If your school will participate in the 2025- 2026 Scoir + Common App integration:

    • Recommendations submitted on behalf of other counselors can be sent to the Common App. However, recommendations submitted on behalf of teachers or “Other” recommenders won’t be valid for Common App applications.

    • Please note that college-specific counselor recommendations cannot be assigned or sent to schools students apply to via Common App, only those via another method. If a student is applying via Common App, then they must have a generic counselor recommendation.
  2. Student Evaluation
    Here you'll see two optional questions that can add a nice personal touch to your evaluation:
    1. "How long have you known this student?" (up to 100 characters)
    2. "What words describe this student?" (up to 150 characters)
      These fields will appear by default, but can be disabled in your settings if needed. These fields cannot be disabled if your school is participating in the 2025-26 Scoir + Common App integration.
  3. Short Recommendation
    This is where you'll provide the written recommendation content. You can either upload a PDF file or type your recommendation directly into the text field.
    1. Not providing a written recommendation? You can check the Opt Out box to indicate that you will not be submitting a recommendation for this student. This lets colleges know you’re not supplying a personal evaluation.

If you need to stop and return to the evaluation later, you can click Save & Close to save your progress.

When all details are finalized, click Complete.

The evaluation will appear in the Recommendations section of the Manage Documents page in the student's profile and will be immediately available to include in a student's application packet.

 To learn more about using Scoir to manage recommendation letters, view our Letters of Recommendation video guide.

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