Hey Sid!

NYU requires first-year applicants to submit two letters of recommendation. One must be from a school counselor. The second must be from a teacher who has taught you. The counselor letter provides insight to a student’s college-preparedness and general character exhibited in high school. The teacher letter speaks to a student’s ability in the classroom and level of participation. Both are helpful in our evaluation process. Similarly, both provide information about the applicant that we might otherwise not know. For NYU, a third letter can be submitted if the student feels that this recommendation will provide context that the first two do not.

@sana-shaikh

Hey Sana,
There are two types of Letters of Recommendation. These include the Academic and the Professional Letter of Recommendation.

The Academic LOR is a recommendation from the current or past teachers, professors, or project heads who have taught you or worked with you. These letters focus solely on your academic personality – what kind of a student you are, if you were attentive in class, if you took initiative if you did any projects, or participated in competitions. It’s a way for the university to understand how you would contribute to the school when you join as a student.

Unlike the Academic LOR, a Professional Letter of Recommendation talks about your work ethic and performance as an employee. This letter is usually given by your team leader, manager, senior manager, and if it’s a startup, your CEO. Do note that if you are an entrepreneur, your Professional LOR would come from a mentor or your co-founder. Here, you can highlight the kind of projects you’ve worked on, any awards you’ve won, the CSR initiatives you participated in, or any other achievements from your workplace.

@aaron-malik
LOR is an important document that shows your personality and it is important to be thorough about what to include and what not.

Make your that your LOR is doesn't exceed one page. Do not forget to highlight soft skills along with hard skills. maintain a structure while drafting your LOR.

You can read some of sample LORs specifically for masters in CS and some more tips here: https://ischoolconnect.com/blog/lor-samples-for-ms-in-cs-shared-by-students-who-have-admits/

If you still need help with drafting your LOR, feel free to reach out to our experts at info@ischoolconnect.com
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A Professional LOR talks about your work ethic and performance as an employee
This letter is usually given by your team leader, manager, senior manager, and if you are an entrepreneur, your mentor or a co-founder

Here, you can highlight-

The kind of projects you’ve worked on Any awards you’ve won The CSR initiatives you participated in, or Any other achievements from your workplace

I have a few tips you should definitely keep in mind-

Use the most acceptable fonts – Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, Georgia, Verdana. Don’t stray away from these in an attempt to make your letter look super-fancy. Use a minimum font size of 12. Leave a 1-inch margin all around the letter. Add a header of your institution or organization.
Read more here

There are three important factors to consider when you’re choosing a recommender-

How long you have known them What they have worked on with you, and Their qualifications
Read more about each of these factors here

Yes!
And my personal suggestion is -
Get 1 LOR from your team lead and 1 from your manager
These 2 people will know you the most
And if you're at a start up - 1 from your manager and 1 from the CEO

First of all, calm down

If your recommender is your Manager, ask your Team Leader to recommend you
You can use the same content

If it's a teacher, ask another professor to do the same
If they have already seen you do what's mentioned in the letter, reuse it
Otherwise, tweak your content a bit and then ask them to sign it

Check your application status
If it says "Under review" there's nothing to worry about
Otherwise, email the admissions department and make sure they got the LOR

No, it will not.
But make sure you use the college/company letterhead to signify your recommender's authority.

You could also ask people you have worked with, outside of your restaurant
But make sure they are at a level better than yours

Make one and use it for all
Just make sure you delete the author details from properties, though

You should have both
Which is easier if you're working
If you're a student, get an internship or volunteer and get a non-academic LOR

Pen down your LOR in the standard format, covering all the aspects of a regular LOR
Once this is done, it should be easy for you to divide and edit your content accordingly
Reach out to me in case you need any help

Depends
If you're only applying to 2 or 3...
And if your recommenders are okay with it...
You can
Still, I advise against it

You can refer this blog to see how to write it

One from the high school teacher
Two from diploma teachers