Waves Posted December 22, 2010 Posted December 22, 2010 The PhD program I appied to has a Fellowship/Training program that I am potentially interested in and had mention this in my Research statement (as suggested by the professor at that School that I contacted, met with and offered to review my research statement.) This professor expressed that I am a good fit for the school and his interest and that I would make a good addition to the program. Now the problem: In order to be considered for the training program, at least one recommender must write about my qualification/potential for such training program. Since I did not inform my recommenders about this (because they had submitted all their letters before the prof from the School I'm applying to suggested I should consider the training program,) this requirement was not addressed in their letters. Now I'm freaking out. Could this be a deal breaker to my application?? I am about to ask one of them to write an addendum. What to do? What to do?????
Eigen Posted December 22, 2010 Posted December 22, 2010 Maybe not a deal breaker to the application as a whole, but if the fellowship requires that you have a recommendation specifically addressing it, and you don't, then I'd assume it would make you inelligible for the fellowship. I'd contact the professor that you met with, and see if you can get a recommender to (as you mentioned) submit an addendum, or a separate letter addressing your fit to the training program. I assume the fellowship is only for those students who also are part of this "training program"? Not exactly sure how that program fits in, but if it's an addition to the traditional PhD program (as I read your post), then your application and your eligibility for the fellowship should be two separate things.
Strangefox Posted December 22, 2010 Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) The PhD program I appied to has a Fellowship/Training program that I am potentially interested in and had mention this in my Research statement (as suggested by the professor at that School that I contacted, met with and offered to review my research statement.) This professor expressed that I am a good fit for the school and his interest and that I would make a good addition to the program. Now the problem: In order to be considered for the training program, at least one recommender must write about my qualification/potential for such training program. Since I did not inform my recommenders about this (because they had submitted all their letters before the prof from the School I'm applying to suggested I should consider the training program,) this requirement was not addressed in their letters. Now I'm freaking out. Could this be a deal breaker to my application?? I am about to ask one of them to write an addendum. What to do? What to do????? How about talking to the professor who suggested you should consider the training program? Tell him about your concerns. Perhaps he/she can give you some valuable advice on how you can solve this problem. Good luck! Edited December 22, 2010 by Strangefox
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