The 2026 PREP student application requires one letter of recommendation.
We ask for recommendation letters from one person who have served in any guiding role in your life (e.g., professors, mentors, collaborators, community leaders, supervisor, employer). Your Recommender should be someone who can speak to the following four things:
- Your character and their experiences with you
- Your aptitude and skills for academics and research
- What they know of your goals and aspirations
- Why they want to support your application to PREP
It is best to contact recommenders as soon as possible to ask if they will write a letter for you. Click here for an email template you can copy and paste when reaching out to your potential letter writers.
Once a person agrees to write you a recommendation, submit their email addresses on the Recommendation Request Form or you can submit that information at the same time you submit your application. Our system will contact them with an email to request a letter of recommendation.