Letters of recommendation are the most important component ... personal integrity, an ongoing commitment to community service and the potential to make a significant contribution to their discipline ...

Recommendation letters can serve as powerful testimonials about a student's accomplishments, and the most effective letters demonstrate a candidate's potential for greatness, according to college ...

Letters of recommendation from teachers ... a student is like and how they perform in their classroom and overall community," Wilson says. "They tell us how a student would interact with their ...