{"id":56270,"date":"2022-10-25T07:26:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=56270"},"modified":"2022-10-25T07:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:26:43","slug":"mistakes-that-will-sink-your-letter-of-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/mistakes-that-will-sink-your-letter-of-recommendation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistakes That Will Sink Your Letter of Recommendation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.24.58-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.24.58-AM-1024x686.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.24.58-AM-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.24.58-AM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.24.58-AM-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.24.58-AM-640x428.png 640w, https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-9.24.58-AM.png 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A letter of recommendation is a vital part of your application, and yet many candidates don't go about getting their letter in a thoughtful way. In this short video, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/rC-A8vFJjI4\" title=\"we cover three common mistakes that applicants make.\">we cover three common mistakes that applicants make.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more help with all of your admissions writing, check us out at <a href=\"https:\/\/gurufi.com\/\">Gurufi.com<\/a>. Our editors have decades of experience helping clients get into top Masters and Ph.D. programs in STEM, humanities, fine arts, and social sciences. Our specialty is helping you craft compelling personal statements that move the needle in your admissions process! For questions, shoot us an email at <a href=\"mailto:service@gurufi.com\">service@gurufi.com<\/a>. Check us out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gurufi\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gurufinder\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/guruficonsulting\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A letter of recommendation is a vital part of your application, and yet many candidates don&#8217;t go about getting their letter in a thoughtful way. In this short video, we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56272,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56270\/revisions\/56272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}