Chapter 3: Content for Recommendation Letters

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Introduction
Generating Detail for Your Letter
Providing Content Based on Field of Study
Writing for Special Circumstances
Avoiding Irrelevancies
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Front Matter

Welcome to Writing Recommendation Letters Online
Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Ethical Issues of Writing Recommendation Letters
Chapter 2. Practical Details when Writing Recommendation Letters
Chapter 3: Content for Recommendation Letters
Chapter 4: Style for Recommendation Letters
Chapter 5: Sample Recommendation Letters
Chapter 6: Writing Recommendation Letters for Students Seeking National Scholarships

Postscript

10 Commandments for Writing Recommendation Letters

Author: Joe Schall, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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