Graduation is a special achievement indeed and achievements are to be celebrated. When you become a graduate, you deserve admiration from all around and when you receive a congratulations letter sent by your near and dear ones, the feeling of consummation pervades your mind. If you do extraordinarily well in your graduation exams, some local organizations, too, take a note of it and send you the congratulations letter. The congratulations letter is an encouragement for further achievements.
Writing a congratulations letter for graduation to someone whom you personally know is an art. If you want to congratulate your friend or any of your acquaintances on his/her graduation, it is nice to send him/her a letter in your own handwriting. I know we live in the age of computers and mobiles where e-mails and SMS have made things faster and easier; but a handwritten letter is still something special. The recipient will preserve that piece of letter with him/her forever.
Congratulating the recipient is the intent of the letter and so the tone of your writing should be light. If you as a member of some social organization are sending a congratulations letter for graduation to a bright student in your area, it would be a semi formal kind of writing. If you are writing a letter to your friend or any of your acquaintances it will be an informal type of communication.
You have more scope for your expression in a personal congratulations letter for graduation. You are supposed to congratulate the recipient and extend your best wishes for his/her bright future. You also have a scope for flowery language in this letter. You need not worry about the length of your letter and can be a spendthrift of words; but remember, too lengthy a letter may lose its beauty and flow.
Here follows a sample of a personal congratulations letter for graduation written to a friend. This is just a format and not the only way to write such a letter.
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25/07/2011 My Dear Friend Albert, Congratulations! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!! Let me congratulate you on your splendid achievement. You are a graduate now and it gives me immense pleasure to tell everyone that my friend Albert has topped the merit list. Wow! Albert, the way you have elbowed your way through all hardships is just commendable. After you lost your parents in that fatal accident, you had to shoulder the responsibility of your sisters. The way you managed things, the way you played a fatherly role and still continued with your education, I must say you are great! Simply great!! I am proud to have a friend like you! You have always been a bright student all through your academic career so far. You love English literature and so could bring such excellent grades in the graduation exams. You said in your felicitation ceremony that you want to become a lecturer. I was glad to know that. You really are not a person who would run after money at the cost of job satisfaction and I know you love teaching. You will enjoy that. I wish you all the best for your future achievements. I am sure you will also do exceedingly well in your post graduation exams. Your diligence, hard work, sincerity and perseverance will make you taste the fruits of success as usual. I am coming to London next week just to congratulate you in person. I have bought something for you as a token of appreciation. So long then! Keep the spirits high as always! Your friend,
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This is just a way to extend your wishes to your successful friend. However, there is no specific format for such personal letters. You can use your own informal language and congratulate your friend. I am sure the letter above will prove a great help to you when you draft your congratulations letter for graduation.