Recommendation letters are hard —
for reasons nobody designed for.
Traditional recommendation letters rely on manual trust, scattered portals, and emotional friction. We built ReadMyStudent to preserve integrity, protect privacy, and make the experience human.
The traditional process is emotionally and logistically broken.
Students feel vulnerable asking. Faculty are overloaded. Institutions struggle with fraud risk and compliance.
- Fear of rejection
- Fear of “lukewarm” letters
- Power imbalance
- Long response times
- Unclear expectations
- 1 strong letter = 30–90 minutes
- Busy seasons = dozens of requests
- Deadlines vary
- Submission portals differ
- Repeated reminders
- Zero compensation
- Anxiety asking
- Fear of bad letters
- No transparency
- Repeating the process every year
- Losing access after graduation
- Inequity in access
- No central storage
- Deadline tracking nightmare
- Rewriting similar letters
- Deadline overload
- Portal fatigue
- No central archive
- No way to “approve once, reuse many”
- No secure ownership
- No compensation or recognition
- Fraud risk
- Ghostwritten letters
- Identity verification
- Inconsistent standards
- Compliance headaches
The current model assumes things that are no longer true.
Modern application volume and verification needs demand a system that is secure, auditable, and respectful of everyone’s time and emotional load.
A better system: secure, consent-first, human.
ReadMyStudent modernizes the workflow while preserving academic integrity and confidentiality.
- Be student-initiated but faculty-controlled
- Feel human, not bureaucratic
- Preserve academic integrity
- Respect confidentiality by default
- Store letters securely
- Allow consent-based reuse
- Track deadlines automatically
- Provide verification & encryption
- Reduce duplicate effort
Encrypted at rest and in transit. Sensitive documents belong behind strong controls.
Letters are shared only when a student explicitly approves access.
Deadlines and status tracking reduce anxiety and eliminate reminder loops.