Letters of Recommendation
The Graduate School requires at least two letters of recommendation. You should ask the program that you are applying to if additional letters are required. Use recommenders who are able to comment on your academic or professional qualifications.
Online Letters of Recommendation
We require all letters of recommendation to be submitted through the online portal. The online method is a more efficient process and will accelerate our receipt of your letters of recommendation. Upon submission of your application, the online system will contact your recommenders by email, with instructions for submitting their recommendation.
Re-Sending a Recommendation Request
From time to time a recommender does not receive the email requesting that they submit an online recommendation. Please have them check their spam or junk mail for the email, to see if it was improperly registered as so. If they cannot find the email, you may re-send the recommendation request through the Collegenet Review Activity Portal.
You can re-send a recommendation request to recommenders listed on your application by doing the following:
- Login to the Collegenet Review Activity Portal
- Click on University of South Carolina - Graduate NEW, listed in your submitted forms on the activity page
- Click on the "Take Action" list box and select "Send Reminder"
- You may include a message with the reminder, type one before hitting "Send"