Hi all-
New to the forum, but reading people post about pulling their hair out is already stressing me out!!
I will be applying this year to master's programs in Urban Planning and am struggling to decide who to ask for recommendation letters. I am not a recent grad, at least not recent enough that my professors will remember enough to write me an outstanding letter...which is of course what I want I have a great GPA and GRE scores above average, but no experience in the field, so I'm thinking my letters will be important.
I have bosses that I am planning on asking. One I am quite close with and am excited about his letter, but I still don't know who else to ask. I'm very confused on what admissions committees are looking for (i.e. someone with power or someone who just knows you).
So my question is: who did you ask to write your letters besides professors?
My options are:
A - My supervisor, the CFO, who knows my work ethic and abilities but doesn't know ME that well and probably has no idea I'm even interested in planning.
B - The head boss, who is extremely friendly and would say good things (also has a big name and quite possibly influence) but is not around all that often so may not be able to be too specific about me.
C - Another co-worker/supervisor, who knows me and my abilities pretty well but is very young (32).
D - Another co-worker/supervisor, who knows me and my abilities REALLY well but doesn't have a great job title to follow her name (although she is much more, her job title is "executive liaison").
Thanks so much in advance for your reply, I am so confused!!!