Letters of Recommendation

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1. Is a letter of recommendation a common format?

   By nehs, August 5, 2010
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   • tskinner
   • August 13, 2010

2. LORs & Peace Corps

   By shibs423, August 13, 2010
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   • Eigen
   • August 13, 2010

3. Should I take more classes just for letter of reccomendations?

   By Mattk87, August 11, 2010
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   • American in Beijing
   • August 12, 2010

4. LOR: purely professional or 'extracurricular'?

   By awvish, August 11, 2010
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   • Eigen
   • August 11, 2010

5. Research vs non-research professor for LOR

   By garbledy, August 5, 2010
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   • tauren
   • August 6, 2010

6. Letters of rec from current employer?

   By WindZ83, July 29, 2010
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   • gradap2010
   • July 29, 2010

7. LOR from Famous Politician or LOR from Professor

   By abraxas, July 21, 2010
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   • hahahut
   • July 28, 2010

8. Employer not a native English speaker. Request LOR?

   By mmac06, July 13, 2010
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   • fadeindreams
   • July 21, 2010

9. LOR from previous academic advisor?

   By mssyAK, July 14, 2010
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   • mssyAK
   • July 16, 2010

10. Completely Unprofessional LOR..Chances Ruined?

    By ktm244, March 1, 2010
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    • alexis
    • July 14, 2010

11. Choosing who to write an LOR

    By Think_Positive, March 24, 2010
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    • joro
    • July 12, 2010

12. LOR from exployer?

    By dman12, July 1, 2010
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    • dman12
    • July 3, 2010

13. Whom to ask for letters

    By SetV, June 28, 2010
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    • SetV
    • July 3, 2010

14. LOR typo

    By diaphanous25, June 20, 2010
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    • diaphanous25
    • June 21, 2010

15. None of my profs know me very well...

    By kalosskylos, June 16, 2010
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    • Jae B.
    • June 21, 2010

16. Lecturer LOR

    By Thanks4Downvoting, June 14, 2010
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    • Thanks4Downvoting
    • June 16, 2010

17. Thank you gesture for Professor who wrote rec?

    By mattchurgin, March 15, 2010
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    • Nibor6000
    • June 5, 2010

18. LOR from Continuing ed courses

    By englishgrad, June 3, 2010
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    • mudlark
    • June 5, 2010

19. LOR from Private Language Tutor?

    By afamgrad2011, June 4, 2010
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    • mudlark
    • June 5, 2010

20. What can I do to get good letters of recommendation?

    By electrifice, May 21, 2010
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    • Jae B.
    • June 4, 2010

21. Who should I ask!? Flakey but renowned professor or his reliable TA?

    By warpspeed, May 19, 2010
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    • fuzzylogician
    • May 26, 2010

22. Clout vs. Personal Knowledge

    By Gingermick, May 7, 2010
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    • Gingermick
    • May 8, 2010

23. Who should I ask for my LORs? Out of school 5+ years

    By FutureSLP, April 21, 2010
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    • newms
    • April 29, 2010

24. LORs for multiple applications

    By mostlygoo, April 6, 2010
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    • rising_star
    • April 10, 2010

25. Should I get LOR from my undergrad prof. vs. another Master's prof. for my PhD application?

    By Cosmic, April 5, 2010
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    • Cosmic
    • April 9, 2010