Your letter writer should be someone with whom you have had contact recently, not in the distant past. For academic references, ask professors who have taught you in a course and who think highly of ...

Letters of reference or recommendation are common devices in the corporate world. Many people request letters of reference from current or former employers, and employers may be more than happy to ...

Personal recommendations are an important request and require special attention to make them suitable. If you’ve been asked to write a personal letter of recommendation for a friend, you may have ...

If you are in any leadership position, you will likely have to write a letter of recommendation for an employee, coworker, student or intern. Being asked to write a letter of recommendation means the ...

Most application processes for graduate schools, undergraduate transfer, and fellowships/scholarships require letters of recommendation. Typically, internship and job ...

When asking for letters of recommendation from geology professors, please keep the following in mind: Give the letter writer at least 2 weeks in advance or earlier. Consider that in addition to their ...

Speak with your professors about which graduate schools might be a good fit for your interests and goals in studying art/art history beyond the undergraduate years. In the fall of your senior year, ...

The internship and grad program application season is underway! As a director of undergraduate studies in a college theater program, I’m asked to write a lot of letters of recommendation by a variety ...

The committee letter elaborates on your self-evaluation of your strengths as an applicant for a health profession school. They are appreciated by admission committees, but are not required. The ...

There are many ways to show personality in an application: your essay, an interview, your extracurricular activities and letters of recommendation. The only letter required for your application is ...