Letters of Recommendation (Veteran Voices)
Letters of Recommendation (Veteran Voices)
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A lot of institutions-- mostly, they will ask for academic letters of recommendation. Whereas if you're going to school part-time, one or two classes a semester, that doesn't give you a lot of time to build rapport with a teacher or professor, in which they would give you a substantial letter, really vouching for you. That was a little difficult.
But thankfully, because I foresaw that or I noticed that in the process, I chose schools that were not just lenient, but encouraged other types of letters. So I could use my chain of command to vouch for me in those letters-- who knew me the most, who could write well, and who had I impressed? I made sure that I gave them enough time to write the letter. You have to work on their schedule as well.
I assisted in any way possible. I remember, I Googled the manners and courtesies of writing and requesting letters of recommendation. I remember I sent a pre-stamped envelope and pre-addressed it, and just mailed it off to the people that I requested the letters from, so to just make it as easy as possible for them.
The final criteria was definitely someone that I had faith in, that could write and could articulate themselves in such a way that a college would not necessarily be in awe of me, but that they would appreciate what was written.
But thankfully, because I foresaw that or I noticed that in the process, I chose schools that were not just lenient, but encouraged other types of letters. So I could use my chain of command to vouch for me in those letters-- who knew me the most, who could write well, and who had I impressed? I made sure that I gave them enough time to write the letter. You have to work on their schedule as well.
I assisted in any way possible. I remember, I Googled the manners and courtesies of writing and requesting letters of recommendation. I remember I sent a pre-stamped envelope and pre-addressed it, and just mailed it off to the people that I requested the letters from, so to just make it as easy as possible for them.
The final criteria was definitely someone that I had faith in, that could write and could articulate themselves in such a way that a college would not necessarily be in awe of me, but that they would appreciate what was written.