If you need a letter within the next three weeks it’s fine to say so, but at the same time be clear you’ll take no for an answer. No one owes you a reference, after all.

Reference letters are a necessary part of any application to graduate or professional school, along with a writing sample, statement of research interest, standardized test scores, and a transcript.

Letters of recommendation are essential to the colleges, offering a third-party validation of a student’s skills, abilities, ...

I get many requests from undergraduate students for a reference letter to accompany their application for a job, scholarship, graduate school, etc. Each such letter typically requires at least 1-2 ...

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Admin 101: How to Interpret Reference Letters Be wary of rock-star recommenders, over-the-top praise, and glaring omissions.

Lynn Brown, managing director of Toronto-based human resources firm Brown Consulting Group, says letters of reference don't hurt, but she also always calls the reference, rather than relying on ...

When it comes to recommendation letters, John Nash comes out on top. The mathematician and Nobel Prize winner and his wife died in a tragic car accident last month and as a tribute, Princeton ...

It’s that time of year when faculty members have to produce the letters of recommendation that we’ve promised to write for students applying to graduate programs. The task can be a pleasure.