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Stick with plain white paper. Seriously.

Also, you didn't ask, but since I do quite a few recs every year I do have one piece of advice. Please, please, please do not simply list activites, honors and volunteer work. Elaborate on what each activity is and what you did with that group.

I have received resumes that have listed things like "Blue and Gold Club." I have no idea what that means. When I asked for more info from the PNM, turns out that "Blue and Gold Club" is a group that fundraises for the school (private) and that selection to the club is rigorous and a big honor. The PNM had fundraising experience but I would have never known because she did not put it on the resume!

Another PNM simply listed a scholarship that she had been awarded. Turns out that scholarship (with a generic name) was a full ride scholarship and she was only the second freshman to ever receive that scholarship at her school. I had no idea.

Same for volunteer work. Don't just put "Resting Pines Nursing Home." Include that you organized a "Senior Prom" for the residents of the home and what that entailed.

Maybe this problem isn't universal, but it sure is common in my area.