Letters of recommendation are essential to both undergraduate and graduate admissions. Find out how to write a letter of recommendation.

Admissions experts offer advice on how to secure the strongest recommendations from the best sources. Learn how and when to request letters of recommendation for college and find out if they all ...

Whether you’re a high school student headed to college or a college undergraduate preparing for grad school, letters of recommendation are often a requirement to advance to the next stage of ...

College application season is in full swing! It is good advice to start early on your college applications so that you can be sure to have all the required documents together and submitted well ahead ...

What letters of recommendation are required for a complete application? Do you require letters from certain academic subjects? William & Mary requires one letter of recommendation from your high ...

A letter of recommendation has more traction when it is clear that you genuinely know the student. If you are not affiliated with the student’s high school, you will have little or no information on a ...

Even for the highest-achieving first-generation students, counselors were less likely to include details about things like intellectual promise and extracurricular activities.

Re “Ruling limits affirmative action” (June 30): Kudos to the Supremes for their ruling on affirmative action. Hopefully, race will not be a factor in college admissions. May I suggest that … ...

For many students and families, the college admissions process can feel like a black box. What do admissions officers ...

We recommend one of each of the following types of letters: One academic letter from a college-level faculty member who taught you in class and/or supervised your work on a research project, who can ...

According to Inside Higher Ed, a study analyzing more than 600,000 recommendation letters written by counselors for college found that l etters written for private school students were, on average, 20 ...

Most applications will require a CV, a teaching statement, a cover letter (which generally includes a brief description of your research agenda), and letters of recommendation.