If person A gives person B a recommendation, can you call A recommender and B recommendee — or are these words made up? I've seen both forms used in everyday language (e.g. magazines), but never in a dictionary or grammar book, or in literature. Also, what is the process of creating recommendee or recommender out of recommendation called?
Recommender is explicitly listed in ODO, and as the -er suffix produces an agent noun, it's obviously someone doing the recommending. It would be unusual to use recommendee as the recipient of a recommendation (although such a usage does exist with referee). The -ee form can mean such a recipient, or it can refer to a person who is being recommended; with recommend I would certainly expect ...
Your recommenders will have to create a recommender account on LSAC if it is their first time sending a letter of recommendation to LSAC. The process is straightforward and will not be overly burdensome for your recommenders. Otherwise you can also provide your letter of recommendation via mail.
Hi All, I am attempting to add recommenders under my LSAC account. I have asked one recommender to write the same letter for all the 4 law schools I am applying to. Will the number of letters being submitted by this recommender then be 4 or 1? The LSAC dropdown is only letting me select 4 or more letters.
Business journals Seb Murray outlines what factors to consider when choosing a recommender and it's not just about the person's prestige. Staff from the University of Miami, Boston University, and the University of Chicago give advice about what they're looking for and the mistakes to avoid.