Nathan R. Kuncel, professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, was co-author of a study of all existing research on letters of recommendation in college and graduate school ...

(Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) As you embark on your graduate school admissions process, strong letters of recommendations are a crucial part of your applications. These reference letters are often ...

Letters of recommendation are organized through the Credential Assembly Service (CAS) run by the Law School Admission Council. Students need to set up an account with the LSAC both to register for the ...

Most other law school application materials, such as personal and diversity statements, present your case in your own voice. Recommendation letters are one of the few ways for admissions officers ...

A strong letter of recommendation from several (at least three are needed) of your peers is just as important to your graduate school admission as your GMAT or GRE score and undergraduate GPA. Many ...

It does ask applicants to have their school counselors complete ... one of the biggest barriers to college admission at selective institutions: The letter of recommendation, which is either ...

And high school counselors routinely reference a 2017 New York Times op-ed written by a former Dartmouth admissions director who was impressed not by a letter from a celebrity but one by a janitor.