Friday, March 5, 2010

Letters of Recommendation

Please go to my website, www.findingmoneyforcollege.com and download the directions for writing letters of recommendation. You will also find more directions in this blog if you scroll down to the 2009 archives. If you have purchased the textbook, instuctions are also there.

Remember that the letters written on your behalf should be on letterhead and that they should be from a professional (professor, teacher, counselor, high school principal, employer).

In some instances, letters have worked against the student because they didn't address the issue or that they were poorly formatted. Please request that the recommender read carefully the Guidelines for Writing a Letter of Recommendation--you can download a copy from my website.

The writer will have little credibility if there are misspellings and grammatical errors. You need to read it thoroughly before submitting with your application.

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