Sample LOR please!!

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moto_za

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Dear Friends,

I was wondering if any of you had sample LORs that I can see?? I have to write a draft for my employer (he is too busy!) and have no clue where to start! Any help or samples would be greatly appreciated! Good luck and take care.
 
Month Day, Year

To Whom it May Concern,

It is with great pleasure that I write a letter of recommendation for _____________'s application to medical school. I know _____________ very well. I first met him/her in _____________ when _____________. Over the last _____________ I have had the privilege of mentoring _____________ in his/her decision to pursue a career in medicine.

I am very impressed at how _____________ has _____________. He/she also has _____________. I am convinced that his/her commitment to medicine is genuine and he/she will become an excellent physician.

_____________ is a gifted _____________ which will serve him/her well in medicine. I saw this firsthand as _____________. He/she is routinely able to _____________. He/she has _____________ which will translate well into medicine.

In summary, I give _____________ my highest recommendation. I have no doubt that _____________ will be a great asset to his/her medical school and will become a compassionate and successful physician.

Sincerely,

_____________
 
Dear Admissions committee,

This student is the ****.
 
To Whom It may Concern:

_____ has worked for me over the past _____ years. He has been an invaluable employee, and every day I learn more from him than he learns from me. In fact, without him I could not possibly run this business and I do not want to let him go, but he says that it is time for me to try and fly on my own. He is honestly the most intelligent person I have ever met in my life and I wish that my own children will someday be half as good. In fact, I have been trying to get ____ to father children on my wife so I can raise kids even half as intelligent as he is.

Sincerely

_______
Boss of ____, but really his day-to-day assistant.
 
If you have to write the letter it kinda takes the meaning out of the acceptance, don't you think? Also, most med schools prefer you to sign a statement that binds you (honor system of course) to an agreement not to read the letter written for you. If you can, find a letter writer who can take the time to compose their own letter.
 
^^^
Usually people only get to write their own letters if the writer would write a good one anyway, and they're just too busy
 
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