Most scholarship providers will request two or three letters
of recommendation from individuals that you know, such as
a reference. Letters of recommendation allow the scholarship
committee to form an idea of who you are as an individual
through someone else's opinion. These letters can be extremely
important, and they should reveal information about you that
is not necessarily mentioned in your application, resume,
test scores, etc. A good letter of recommendation can often
be persuasive to the scholarship committee, especially if
there is a “borderline” decision between you and
another applicant.
Letters of recommendation play an especially important role
if there is some negative aspect of your application, test
scores, etc. For example, consider a student whose financial
or family problems had an adverse impact on his/her academic
performance during a particular year. The person writing your
recommendation letter can offer an explanation that prevents
this from being held against you (the applicant).
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