Recommendation letters can serve as powerful testimonials ... recommendations should add to a student's application rather than repeat information, experts say. Admissions officers want to hear ...

Expand on the information in your resume ... These sound more informal than you want to use in formal letters. For example, write (and speak) I am instead of I’m. Read it aloud – It is often easier to ...

Letters citing facts that are not common knowledge should include the source of the information. Letters must contain the author's name, address and phone number for verification purposes.