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Letters of recommendation

Letters of recommendation

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Letters of recommendation

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- And my brother likes to say there's two kinds of letters of recommendation that teachers and coaches write. The first one is kind of like this general letter of recommendation. And this is when a random student, they don't really know, ask them to write a letter of recommendation. And so just to be nice, they basically give general details about the student and they say, "Yeah, Jimmy's a great guy. "He'll be awesome, hope you like him." Now, the second type of recommendation is a specific recommendation. This is from a teacher that knows you or a coach that respects you. People that have a personal relationship with you. They have respect for you and they see you as someone who adds and contributes value to their classroom or to their team. They actually want you to be successful. Now, it's so obvious which letter recommendation is going to help you win a scholarship. General is not, specific is. Because these…

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