[nabs-l] Advice on Getting a Good Letter of Recommendation

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi Vejas,

What types of scholarships are you talking about?  I don't really 
know anything about letters for things like NFB scholarships, but 
for academic letters of recommendation if the person doesn't know 
enough about you to write a good letter, they aren't going to 
write you a good letter.  A letter of recommendation is supposed 
to discuss the recommender's experience with you, and if they 
don't have enough experiences with you to write about, well 
that's that.  Many recommenders will want you to send them 
something like coppies of the papers you have submitted in their 
classes because it's usually easier for you to track that down 
than for them to.  You might also be asked to remind them of the 
grades you received from them.  A CV would be helpful, but 
normally the idea is for the recommender to talk about there 
actual interactions with you not other things you've done in your 
life at least for most of the letter.

HTH,
Karl

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Vejas Vasiliauskas via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:05:14 -0800
Subject: [nabs-l] Advice on Getting a Good Letter of 
Recommendation

Hi All,
I am applying for scholarships this year, many of which want at
least one Letter of Recommendation.
I know that the person who writes the letter should write based
on their opinion of you.  However, I have also heard that you
should supply them with information about you as well, since not
all the people writing the letters know enough about you.
Is a copy of the CV enough? How were you able to get good
letters?
Thanks,
Vejas

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