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College Recommendations Write or Wrong: The Educators' Guide to Successful Recommendation Writing

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I have written college letters of recommendations for many students, which is often a stressful process, and this book is definitely a great resource! When you get stuck on occasion, it reminds you of some of the approaches you can take. It also gives you a good feel for what colleges are looking for. I really liked having true examples to illustrate the points that it's making. The section of poor letters is often fun and entertaining (unfortunately at the expense of the students being written about).

I would highly recommend this book to all high school teachers and counselors, and even students trying to get a feel for who to ask for letters of recommendation and what advice to give those who they ask.

This book is great if you are looking for sample letters, but if you are looking for hints, suggestions, or guilines you will not find them in this book. The book has page after page of sample letters, both well written letters and poorly written letters.