Here is a common scene: A supervisor agrees to write your letter of recommendation with one condition—you draft it. Shocker. We, too, were surprised the first time this happened to us.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Letters of recommendation are crucial to the college application process at both the undergraduate and the graduate level.

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.

Have a question? Submit it here. Question: I’m preparing to write a letter of recommendation, but I haven’t written one before. What’s a good approach? – Cole Answer: Great question ...

Sometimes students looking for a job think that they need reference letters when, in fact, they typically don’t—but they do need to be able to provide contact information of people that ...

Only one recommendation letter is required (and it is from your high school counselor). This letter provides us with context on who you are as a student in relation to your classmates. It lets us know ...

In order to read your letter in tandem with the student’s application, we ask that you submit your letters of recommendations early in the application season or immediately after the student has ...

One document that you’ll definitely want to begin preparing early is the Letter of Recommendation. Here you will find some tips and guidance on this important piece of the application. Why do I have ...