Writing Good Letters of Recommendation

Here's some advice for writing compelling letters of recommendation.

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Advice (from PennState) for writing letters of recommendation for the following scholarships:

• Fulbright
• Goldwater
• Gates Cambridge
• Knight Hennessy Scholars Program
• Rhodes 
• Marshall
• Mitchell
• Truman
• NSF-GRFP
• Udall
• Rhodes 
• Yenching Academy

For additional advice on writing successful letters of recommendation, please read this article from Inside Higher Ed.