<p>I was recently asked to write a letter of recommendation for a student, but I am not sure what to include. </p>
<p>A little background…
I work at a major business consulting firm and the letter is for our student intern who has worked for me for about a year. He has been amazing. Our firm only hires from top universities/ivies, and he performs at a similar level as our college grads, and frankly often better. I want to be sure to capture this in my letter and I think I have a good grasp on this part with some great work examples to highlight. However, I am not sure how much non-work info to include. The student comes from a low income family with twelve siblings and also an inner city public high school. Is this something that I should touch on in the letter since it makes his accomplishments even more impressive? Or should I just focus on his work?</p>
<p>Any suggestions would be appreciated. As you can probably tell we would all really like to see him succeed.</p>