Advice for Recommenders: How to write an effective Letter of Recommendation for applicants to the Stanford MBA Program
-- Edited Transcript of Interview –
updated 15 May 2014
ADMISSION OFFICER: I’m a member of the admissions committee. So my primary responsibility is reading the applications of our candidates. But I also spend time thinking about our evaluation process—what questions we’ll be asking on our application, of our recommenders; and how we train and calibrate our officers who read applications.
When someone approaches you and asks you about writing a letter of recommendation for their application to business school--that is quite an honor but it’s also an enormous responsibility.
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