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Letters of Recommendation

Letters of recommendation for graduate, medical, and professional programs. 10 rubrics available, each scoring your essay across multiple dimensions with specific feedback.

Common App Teacher Evaluation Letter

For teachers and counselors reviewing the short written evaluation (1,000 words or less) attached to the Common App Teacher Evaluation before it goes out.

5 sections400–800 words

Graduate School Recommendation Letter (MS/PhD)

For professors, PIs, and employers reviewing a recommendation letter before it goes out - and for candidates asked to draft their own.

5 sections250–800 words

Health Professions Evaluation Letter

Clinical vantage, behavior-based evidence, named-profession fit, calibrated comparisons, and endorsement strength for CASPA, AADSAS, VMCAS, and PharmCAS references.

5 sections300–700 words

International Academic Recommendation Letter (Europe & Beyond)

For professors, PIs, and supervisors writing in English for DAAD, Erasmus Mundus, and European master's applications - and for candidates drafting the letter their recommender asked for.

5 sections150–700 words

MBA Recommender Answers (GMAC Common LOR)

For recommenders answering the GMAC Common Letter of Recommendation questions - the peer comparison and the constructive-feedback story - and for candidates asked to draft the answers.

5 sections≤1000 words

Medical School Letter of Evaluation

Relationship context, behavior-based evidence, calibrated comparisons, and endorsement strength for MD, DO, and TMDSAS letters.

5 sections300–700 words

NSF GRFP Reference Letter

For professors and research mentors reviewing an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship reference letter before it goes out - and for applicants asked to draft one for their recommender.

5 sections250–1100 words

O-1 / EB-1 / NIW Recommendation & Expert Opinion Letter

Review one recommendation or expert-opinion letter at a time for O-1, EB-1A, and EB-2 National Interest Waiver petitions: criterion mapping, accomplished impact, checkable facts, recommender standing, and plain-English legibility for a non-expert officer.

5 sections600–1400 words

Residency Letter of Recommendation (ERAS)

Vantage, patient-care evidence, and endorsement strength in narrative ERAS letters, read the way program directors read them.

5 sections300–700 words

UK Global Talent Visa Letter of Recommendation

Review one of the three required recommendation letters for a UK Global Talent visa endorsement on the digital technology route (Tech Nation): the endorsing body's letter checklist, a consistent exceptional-talent-or-promise case, achievements an assessor could check, the recommender's standing and basis of knowledge, and a UK-specific contribution case.

5 sections400–1500 words