How Do You Address College Recommendation Letters?
• Write a return address. Place the return address at the top of the paper, flush with the left margins. If the recommender is a teacher, the address of the high school should be included. If the recommendation letter is coming from a personal reference, the home address is fine. If the letter is being written on letterhead, a return address is not necessary. • Date the letter. Leave 2 or 3 spaces between the return address and the date. Write the date using the month, day and year, with a comma separating the day and the year. • Put the name and address of the college on the top left part of the page. Writing a college recommendation letter is like writing any business correspondence. It should be formal and professional. Include a name, a title or a department so the letter, once mailed, will get to the right person’s attention. • Use a name in the salutation, if one is provided. Many colleges do not have a specific name the recommendation letter should address. However, if there is
