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So a question posted on behalf of my friend. V 153 (58%) Q 158 (72%) W 3 (14%) V 152 (53%) Q 157 (69%) W 3.5 (35%)

Thank you Canis! I have an more ideal recommender who was too busy to write but now offers me a letter since he is in vocation. Having already sent out my recommendation requests, I am hoping to get some tips on dealing with the change without offending my previous recommender.

I have four options for picking LoR, and for a particular program, I want to exclude one recommendar who I've already sent out the request and replace it with another. If the letter is submitted, and I exclude it, will my recommendar be notified? I hope not let the first recommendar feel unhappy. Does anyone in a similiar situation before? Thank you and Happy new year!

Hi everyone, I should've probably asked AdCom, but just in case you might have a quick answer: If I excluse A letter in the system and replace with B, will professor A notice the change after he/she submitted the letter?

Thank you everyone!

Thanks Canis! But I doubt it will be the case, since usaully proffs are way too busy to do that. Especially in my case, I know he will have to write letters for many students. When I asked him if he would be willing to write me a letter, he replied immediately (1 minute after I sent out the email) with a positive yes. I hope that's a positive sign.

Hi guys, I sent a reminder of LoR to my proff. about the application deadline. He replied me within an hour and 10 mms saying that the letter has been done and sent. Although the proff. has decades of experiences in writing letters, and he knows me well, I still wonder if such a short time of writing would make my letter less strong? By contrary, another recommender of mine looked carefully on the LoR package I sent to him (even asked a naunced question) and wrote it several days before he sent it out. I am a bit concerned.

Thanks a ton!

Thank you, TakeMyCoffeeBlack! That's what I think as well!

Thank you so much, guys!! I replied saying that A and B schools are actually the programs (which are the top two in my field) that I really want to attend. Proff. replied: Then go with them. Both are exellent and both are expensive, but I take it that funding is not a key issue for you. I will write after reading your statement of interests, and blabalabala......He is generally nice and helpful. But he is really tough on academic, maintain high standard... I am not sure if how I should imply weather the letter will be good or not...

Thank you guys for your response. I am very confused as well...I don't know what can I do...Can I ask him directly why he would suggest me to just apply 3-4 schools? Or he is just simply too busy to submit lots of schools? The full sentence read" Choose three, maximun four and keep me posted."

I am hoping that by "generic", he means that he will make the letter suitable for all schools. I am wondering by pointing out the number of school, does that mean he sees a point of getting focused on schools, and as well for his letter? And by the way, he is a Canadian.

I sent a list of schools I am applying to my recommendar. It is six in total, and 2 of them are schools are really want to go. My recommendar replied "All are fine, and all are American...Choose three, four maximum...I will prapre for a generic one"...I don't know what does that imply?

I once a P.S. that has a long list of reference. It was for PhD. The author hit the H. University.

Thank you everyone for all your thoughtful responses!!! They have been really helpful!!! Just an update: I've asked the second professor to write my letter, and he gave an immediate positive reply. What I'll need to do is to send him over my purpose of interests, e-address, etc. I am also plannign to send him some of my writing that might be interest to his area of focus and a sheet of facts of our intereactions to ease his memory recalling process (hopefully to make my letter more detailed and personal). What is unexpected to me is that I thought my academic letter would have no problems, but my targeted professor hasn't replied me and it's the fifth day. It is very rare, since we had email interactions just weeks before and all seem go well. He is generous man, very nice to his student and I had a sense that our relationship would last for years despite of my graduation. I know he is a busy person, but this is just making me a bit freeking out. So I still have headeche picking the academic letter. I have two letters supposing to comment my initiatives taken outside of the class, and I really need one strong academic letter to show my "intellectual distinction", if borrow the words of criteria. And I have three candidate professors to pick: 1). A very distinctive historian. Very renowened in his filed, but not directly related to my major which is international relations. If he says yes, then I trust him that the letter will be good. Otherwise I think he would just ignore your request. 2). My targeted professor in poli sci department. Very nice and very generous in showing his praises. He will write good thing I am sure for that. But he is just too busy that he might not have enough time and energy writing me a very personal letter. I don't think a letter full praises will make a strong case for my dream program which is very selective. 3). The first professor I mentioned here. Senior proff. in International Relations. 3 courses with him. Confident that will get a descent letter. But not sure if he will fully endorse and support me. Folks, thoughts and comments are really welcomed!