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Typically you waive your rights to view your recommendation letters. With FEPRA, I believe you can review recommendation letters a year after you applied as schools may keep them on file. However, I believe if you did not enroll at a school, they are typically destroyed.

Recommendation letters are candid responses from teachers/professors about your abilities and what you will bring to a school. By waiving your rights, it allows them to be more candid in their writing instead of stating facts such as grades and other items readily accessible on your transcript.

Having written letters of rec as a school counselor for 8 years, it is a daunting and tiring process. However, the best letters I wrote were because the students befriended me and I was able to write them without them providing me any information.