writing letter of reccommendation

[Semidevil]

so one of my friends is applying for grad school, and the application asks for a letter of reccommendation. The application specifies that you can have a personal contact to give a reccomendation too. So my friend is deciding to have a few professional reccomendations, and also have me write one for her.

I am a close personal friend who has known my friend for 3 years or so. I feel that I know a lot about her, but how do I write this letter? She is my friend, not my classmate, so I dont really have much comments on her major school work.

How is this suppose to work out?

first of all, since they call it "letter" of reccomendation, do I have to start with Dear Sir or whatever? if not, do I need to put a title, or can I just start writing? how is the format?

what about the length?

any tips guys?

Do I use first person, i.e, "I think, she is a great person because..."?

 

[Spikesoldier]

to whom it may concern:


blhablahblhalhalhlahblahlabhlahblhbalhb


edit: under one page

 

[FleshLight]

1. To Whom it may concern
2. a full page single spaced
3. "I've known X for blah blah and then bs it from there"

 

[Ryan]

"writing letter of reccommendation"

- Step one, spell "recommendation" right.

 

[pyonir]

She doesn't have a template or list of questions she is supposed to ask you to write about? I wrote a letter of recommendation for my buddy, but i had a series of questions to answer. Made it pretty easy.

 

[tami]

write about reliability, dependability, and so on and so forth.

and make sure you use a spell checker.

 

[cchen]

as a friend, you can comment on her character

 

[Albis]

it would help her get into grad school using professional recs

professors, director of program.

having a friend right it just doesn't sound the same.

 

[puffff]

ask her what she wants you to write.

oh, and also use spell check, it's recommendation not reccomendation

 

[MartyMcFly3]

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