Letters of Recommendation

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1. Letter of recommendation listed as "in progress" on application?

   By drownsoda, December 23, 2014
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   • drownsoda
   • December 25, 2014

2. Awkward LOR situation

   By sapphire93, December 23, 2014
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   • bsharpe269
   • December 24, 2014

3. Anxiety over that proverbial "final" letter

   By drownsoda, December 19, 2014
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   • Catria
   • December 24, 2014

4. Should I remind my LOR writer again?

   By TotallyOriginalUsername, December 16, 2014
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   • rising_star
   • December 23, 2014

5. No LOR from previous professors

   By kierrageray, December 11, 2014
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   • rising_star
   • December 21, 2014

6. Professor says I should make an email account in his name and upload my own LOR; he will confirm it if asked

   By thegraydude, November 24, 2014
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   • Robo_Lizard
   • December 20, 2014

7. What is recommenders' general preference?

   By mseph, December 14, 2014
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   • grad_wannabe
   • December 19, 2014

8. Technical difficulties

   By Chiqui74, December 3, 2014
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   • Chianti
   • December 18, 2014

9. Interview scheduled still missing one LoR

   By Blackjack217, December 5, 2014
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   • Chianti
   • December 18, 2014

10. Should I forgo on my PhD applications this year?

    By youngcharlie101, December 16, 2014
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    • youngcharlie101
    • December 17, 2014

11. What do the referees generally want to help them write the LOR?

    By Asperfemme, December 15, 2014
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    • -hermes-
    • December 15, 2014

12. LOR writer has a new job... should I use her new title?

    By AmandaLeigh, December 5, 2014
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    • AmandaLeigh
    • December 14, 2014

13. Remind LOR writers of deadline?

    By wetheplants, December 11, 2014
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    • bsharpe269
    • December 13, 2014

14. How late can rec letters be?

    By janaca, December 10, 2014
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    • AuldReekie
    • December 13, 2014

15. Nightmare at Columbia

    By Catria, December 13, 2014
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    • fuzzylogician
    • December 13, 2014

16. Editing / writing my own LoR

    By maybethisyear, December 5, 2014
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    • 12345678900987654321
    • December 13, 2014

17. LOR ensuing nightmare - need advice with looming deadline

    By Kalmar, December 8, 2014
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    • eragon
    • December 12, 2014

18. 3 research experiences, but LOR from only 2 of them. Is this bad?

    By NWFreeheel11, December 1, 2014
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    • lab ratta-tat-tat
    • December 12, 2014

19. Can recommender use Gmail account?

    By Darkgod, December 10, 2014
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    • VulpesZerda
    • December 12, 2014

20. Did not Waive my Right to Review LOR! Is it that bad :(

    By mona90, December 6, 2014
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    • wetheplants
    • December 11, 2014

21. UT Austin CS: Redundant Letters of Rec?

    By user834, December 10, 2014
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    • eragon
    • December 10, 2014

22. Need help deciding for second & third LOR

    By hbrower, November 18, 2014
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    • eragon
    • December 8, 2014

23. no letterhead on letter of recommendation ?!

    By SchoolPsych_NYC, November 26, 2014
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    • SchoolPsych_NYC
    • December 2, 2014

24. Unable to get in touch with professor

    By aojfifjoaisjaiosdj, November 27, 2014
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    • aojfifjoaisjaiosdj
    • December 2, 2014

25. Huge dilemma about LoRs

    By blueplanters, November 30, 2014
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    • eragon
    • November 30, 2014