Newsprint Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I'm an international student. As I come from another culture, and I am not quite familiar with the norms in the American academia. Unfortunately, I did not use any "Dr." or "Professor" suffix before the name of my ex-professors and the ones I am interested in working with on my SOP. However, I wrote their name/surname together all the time. Is it a big deal? Did I sound rude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havemybloodchild Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I wouldn't think this would be a big deal. Fingers crossed for you! Newsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyborg213 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Ha! I'm also an international student and made a similar mistake. I used Mr. instead of Dr. when completing the information about my LoRs. They are all doctors and tenured professors, but they will come up as Mr. and Ms. haha. It's kind of clumsy, but don't think it's a great deal... I hope! Newsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew3957 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Newsprint said: I'm an international student. As I come from another culture, and I am not quite familiar with the norms in the American academia. Unfortunately, I did not use any "Dr." or "Professor" suffix before the name of my ex-professors and the ones I am interested in working with on my SOP. However, I wrote their name/surname together all the time. Is it a big deal? Did I sound rude? As an American currently in a German MA program I can say with certainty it is NOWHERE near as big a deal as it would be here for instance. If the program is in California for instance I highly doubt it would matter unless the person is being uppity. I would not worry. Fuck hierarchies anyway, they have to understand it was a mistake, and if their ego can't deal then they probably would be irritating to work with anyway. Newsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusrain Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I read one of my friend’s SoPs after she got into a doctoral program at a big name Ivy League, and she used professors’ first and last names for both her own recommenders and POI at the school. I think you’ll be fine Newsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsprint Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Thank you, guys! I definitely feel better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilby Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Some feedback I got from a mentor/LOR writer is that you can use "Dr" or "Prof" to signpost the people you've worked with in case the adcomm is reading your application in a hurry. But I did not use honorifics for a single POI in any of my 9 SoPs. So........I guess you can use me as a case study when all is said and done Newsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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