Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Great Recommendation Letters Win Big Scholarship Bucks

Your scholarship application is due in ten days. It must
have three recommendation letters attached, and, so far,
you have not gotten any back from your teachers. A note to
each of them last week hasn’t gotten any results. Talk
about strained nerves. All the work to get the application
ready, and now letters are halting the process.

This is a scenario that repeats itself hundreds and
thousands of times each year. You can avoid this problem
by taking important appropriate actions. Start by asking
for your recommendation letters at least six weeks in
advance. This allows busy teachers to take their time in
writing great responses. After two weeks remind them with
a note in their mailboxes. Seven days after that make a View the rest of this article


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