Wytheville Student Recommendation Letter

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Recommended: An essay about my academic background

Hello, Mrs. Evans. I hope all is well. Though you probably remember me asking you this favor, I was considering you write me a college letter of recommendation. I acknowledge you do not know much about me besides my academic background, thus making it hard to write a recommendation letter. I remember you asking me a list of interest to help in writing the letter, but I realize that might not make a convincing letter. So I decide to summarize a little about myself. My time as a Wytheville student, I was an undocumented student. Undocumented student means that I was illegally in the USA (yes, this was hard for me to acknowledge and say). Though I was undocumented, I aspire to reach my full potential in my personal and professional life. I do

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