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References & Letters of Recommendation

As the summer comes to a close, so do many summer internships. As your internship begins to wrap up be thinking about how you can talk about you experience in interview for next summer and be thinking about how your current supervisor can continue to assist you in your career development. The most common way…

I Recommend Myself

So…In the closing days of my internship I asked my boss if he would be willing to write me a recommendation. He said of course, but first I must write my own recommendation of myself for him to see and use as guidance. Ahh…this has been excruciatingly painful How good do I say I am,…

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Does Babson have any guidelines regarding recommendations? How many should I submit and what should be included? Tiana: Aspen, CO

Tiana, at a minimum, students should submit two recommendations: one from a guidance counselor and one from a teacher.  The teacher recommendation should be from someone in a major academic area: math, English, natural science, social science/history, and foreign language.  If you wish to submit a second teacher recommendation, it can be from any area,…