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Who you asked, when you asked, and what's still outstanding.
| Slot | Typical requirement |
|---|---|
| Counselor | Almost every college wants one. Yours is assigned, meet them anyway. |
| Teacher | Most want two, usually from junior-year core subjects. |
| Supplemental | Coach, employer, research mentor. Only if they add something new. |
The page warns when you have fewer than two teacher letters lined up, because that's the most common way students get caught out in October.
Shortlist → Asked → Agreed → Submitted, or Declined. Moving to asked awards 35 XP once per recommender; submitted awards 60. The asked date is captured automatically the first time.
Each recommender with an email address gets two routes, both pre-composed:
Generated from your real data: the recommender's name and role, your college list, and your earliest upcoming deadline. It explicitly gives them a way to say no, because a reluctant letter is worse than no letter. Everything is editable before sending.
Your profile, activities, honors and college list. Essay drafts are never included - a recommender doesn't need them and shouldn't receive them by accident.
The request goes out with the PDF attached and your address as reply-to, so your recommender replies to you rather than to us.
If email is unavailable, Fledgy AI does not fail. It marks the recommender as asked, hands you the PDF to download, and opens a pre-filled message in your own mail app so you can attach and send it yourself. You should never hit a dead end here.
Pick teachers who saw you struggle with something and keep going, not the ones who gave you the easiest A.