PHS Letter or Recommendation Request

Please answer these questions and submit to recommender at least 2 weeks prior to the date your letter of recommendation is needed.)

1. List 3 words that describe you.  Explain why you chose each word.

2. What is your passion?  What intrigues you?

3. What is your greatest personal accomplishment?  Describe what you achieved and why you are proud of it.

4. What are your most significant academic strengths? (For example, problem solving, writing, creative thinking.  Do not list subject areas.)

5. What career are you pursuing, and what courses have you taken that are specifically related to your planned course of study.

6. Describe leadership roles you have held in clubs, organizations, community or faith groups, employment, sports, etc.  Be specific.

 7. Are there any unusual or personal circumstances that have affected your educational or personal experience?  Have they impacted your academic performance?

 8. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

 9. What have you learned from high school that has best prepared you for college, and why will this make you an outstanding college student?

 10. What is your class rank, weighted GPA, and unweighted GPA? (This information can be found on your transcript in SKYWARD.)

 11. How would your friends describe you? If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

 12. What is the most difficult thing you have had to face?  What has changed you?

 13. How would your teachers/counselor answer these questions? “What I like best about…”, “What sets this student apart is…”

 14. Did you have any schedule conflicts that I need to mention?  For example, did you work part time and have many activities that overlapped?

Transcript orders are fulfilled by Parchment.  Please follow the link below to order your Prosper High School Transcript. 

If you are a first-time user of Parchment, the student should make an account with a personal email address. 

If you already have an account with Prosper High School, you will log in to that account and add Prosper High School as the school you are requesting from.  You do not need to create a new account. 

 Here are step-by-step instructions on how to order your transcript. 

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COLLEGE SEARCH RESOURCES

• Compendium of Texas Colleges and Financial Aid Calendar

So you've figured out where you want to go to college.  You've found scholarships to help you get there. But you still find that you need a little help paying for college.  PHS has you covered. Check out the links to the right to explore some resources to help you out.  Paying for your dream isn't always easy, but we'll help you find the financial aid to get where you want to be. 

• FAFSA

  Federal Student Aid

  https://fafsa.ed.gov/

   

• FinAid!

  Expected family contribution calculator

  http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml

   

• StudentAid.ed.gov

  Federal student aid

  https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/

   

• College for all Texans

  Financial Aid for Texas residents

  http://www.collegeforalltexans.com/

   

• Every Chance Every Texan

  Resources for tomorrow's Texas workforce

  http://www.everychanceeverytexan.org/

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