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How To Write A Letter Of Recommendation For A Friend That Will Help Them Land Their Next Opportunity

Before you start writing a letter of recommendation for a friend, clarify the purpose of the letter itself. Is it for a job, graduate school, a volunteer position, or something else? Understanding the ...
Miami Herald

How Important Are Letters of Recommendation?

Letters of recommendation are an integral part of the college application process, offering admissions committees a more complete analysis of an applicant’s potential beyond academic performance. Can ...
Inside Higher Ed

Fixing the Broken Letter-of-Recommendation Process

Writers and applicants should collaborate to reduce the power differential, among other benefits, write Rebecca E. Burnett, Rebekah Fitzsimmons, Courtney A. Hoffman and Patricia R. Taylor. But, in ...
Purdue University

Requesting a Letter of Recommendation

Are you planning on going to a graduate school or professional school after you graduate? Are you applying for a special program for which you will need a letter of recommendation? Do you know who you ...
The Michigan Daily

With letters of recommendation, an old tradition persists

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook John Rubadeau writes more than 100 letters of recommendation each year. The senior lecturer in the ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Collecting Letters of Recommendation: Can This Process Be Saved?

Deirdre McCloskey’s essay, “The Random Insanity of Letters of Recommendation” (The Review, March 1), touches upon an important issue -- namely, the integrity of the process of evaluating candidates ...
William & Mary

Letters of Recommendation

Most faculty are asked to write several letters of recommendations every semester. Getting them all done takes time and organization. Do what you can to make their work easier. Give each person who ...