recommendation letters
Written professional vouches
Recommendation letters are written endorsements supporting someone's application for a job, school admission, or other opportunity.
They typically come from employers, professors, or mentors who can speak to the applicant's qualifications, character, and potential.
Strong letters offer specific examples rather than generic praise: Her recommendation letters were glowing.
Also called letters of recommendation.
- admissions committeeGroup evaluating applicants
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- academic advisorUniversity guidance counselor
- graduate schoolInstitution awarding advanced degrees
endorsement · trustworthiness · GPA · moral character · vouch · signature · waiver · reliability · work ethic · sealed · recommender · job application · confidential · interpersonal skills · referral · character reference · academic integrity · reputation
- military admissionsWest Point, USNA, Annapolis, Air Force Academy, military academy
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- admissionsapplication, admissions, application deadline, admissions committee, admission essay
- correspondenceletters, handwritten letters, family letters, missives, thank you letters
- professor lifeoffice, desk, lectures, grades, syllabus
recommendation lettersself-promotion
Publicizing one's own merits
cover letters · self-assessments · self-aggrandizement · self-praise · autobiographical essays