Requesting for a letter of recommendation can feel daunting sometimes, but you have to be objective about it. Asking for a recommendation means you are asking someone to promote your competencies while simultaneously trying to sell yourself to them. We have a guide that will help reduce your toil and present the request in a way that it demands minimal time and inconveniences from the recommender. This guide is applicable in contexts of job applications, college admissions, and scholarships alike. Choose the Right Person First, identify who to ask. Pick someone who knows you well and can speak positively about your abilities, character, and achievements. Ideally, this person should be relevant to the context of your application. For example: Academic purposes: Choose a teacher, professor, or academic advisor. Professional purposes: Consider a current or former supervisor, mentor, or colleague. Personal character reference: A community leader, coach, or family friend who knows you...

President Joe Biden is unveiling plans that will provide relief to minority borrowers. A press release shares the Biden administration is looking to build on its efforts to eradicate debt for Americans. Already, it has provided financial relief to 4 million borrowers. Now, pending on approval of its latest proposal, the Biden administration is looking to scale its efforts to more than 30 million borrowers and projects it will positively impact Black borrowers, among other targeted demographics including Hispanic borrowers as well as working- and middle-class families. According to Education Data Initiative, Black graduates owe an estimated $25,000 more in student loan debt than their white counterparts. Furthermore, four years after graduation, Black students will be burdened with over 188% more debt than white students. A separate study looking into students who started college between 1995 and 1996 showed the median debt for white borrowers  decreased by 94% 20 years later, with...