Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY ... Question: I’m preparing to write a letter of recommendation, but I haven’t written one before.

With some exceptions, selective colleges consider five main parts of an application: transcripts, test scores, personal essays, extracurricular activities and letters of recommendation.

This means the admissions committee carefully reads and considers every part of your application in order to make an admissions decision. The letter of recommendation is just one of the many ways we ...

they need these letters; it’s part of the application game. So I never deny any student who asks me for one. (And, in truth, for students who are on the fence, a glowing recommendation letter ...

I wish I were as disciplined and organized in other parts of my life as I was when writing my rec letters. In recent years I have tried to write one a day, and two years ago I wrote a recommendation ...

While just one part of the college application process, it's an important one, experts say. Recommendation letters play a bigger role than many students might think, says Richard Tench ...

Only one recommendation letter is required (and it is from your high school counselor). This letter provides us with context on who you are as a student in relation to your classmates. It lets us know ...

Each recommendation letter can take up to an hour or longer ... To top it off, the task may not be part of teachers' union contracts. "It's so much additional work outside of your already packed ...

What is a composite evaluation? Medical schools differ in their requirements for letters of recommendation. Some request a single letter from “the premed advisor” or “the premed committee.” All ...