Writing Recommendation Letters

• The Common Application

• QuestBridge National College Match

• Thoughtful essay addressing issues of confidentiality in writing recommendation letters: The Ethics of Authorship

• My own practice is to ask students for a rough draft. I only use it as source material; I write my own letter using my own habits and past examples, but look to the draft for ideas and overlooked anecdotes.

Last updated 2017-09-15.