Blog — graduate admissions tips

(Without Getting Stuck at the Last Step)

TL;DR

Getting a recommendation letter written is only half the battle. These days, most schools, universities, scholarship programs, and professional organizations require recommenders to submit letters through secure online portals. That means the letter usually cannot come from a random Gmail address, a personal email account, or the applicant themselves.

Anyone can open an AI tool and generate a recommendation letter in minutes. That part is easy. The hard part is making sure the letter gets submitted the right way, from a credible source, through the system that the school actually accepts.

That...