sjb123 wrote:Hello,

My recommenders put in a lot of time into my recommendation letters and I wanted to thank them appropriately. This was both of their first time doing this, and I asked them to help me with six(!) schools. Aside from a well-thought, hand-written thank you card, does anyone have any thoughts on a gift?

Thank you
SB

So I can't top the creative things listed already, but if you know the person likes tennis for example, get them a gift card to a favorite tennis shop- or if they like sports maybe tickets to a big event etc. Although that can be tricky if they can't make the date... but the idea is if you want to go beyond the gift card, you should think about what might be something they'd like but probably would not do for themselves. A female might like a spa day... although I don't think the gift needs to exceed $100 although that is at your budget and discretion. Don't forget most of all to write a note yourself expressing how much you appreciate their time and effort!