Tag Archives: Recommendation letter

A rant on letters of recommendation that include passwords and check boxes

Posted on November 23, 2013 by

This is the time of year we write letters of recommendation. If you have a lot of students, you may be writing a lot of letters. Each student will need several letters. We generally use the same letter for different … Continue reading →

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Letters of recommendation – help me out!!!

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

You think we’ve worked well together, but when it comes time to ask for that letter of recommendation, you worry. Couldn’t I have done more? What does she really think of me? What about that time I skipped class, or … Continue reading →

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What have you discovered? I need to know to write this letter!

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Why is it so hard to find out what a scientist has discovered from a letter of recommendation for her, from her web page, from nearly anywhere? If I am going to nominate you for something, if I am going … Continue reading →

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Make your letters of recommendation show, not tell, and be careful!

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

In a way, the letter of recommendation is the good-old-boy-club side of a portfolio. Maybe a kinder way of stating this is that it is the human side of a person’s file. After all, the data that should be most … Continue reading →

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