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eab445 · 11-04-2006, 11:56 PM

In asking for letters of recommendation, what factors should I consider?

More specifically, I'm getting a strong letter from a well-known professor (worked as an RA for her and she advised my honors thesis), but I'm unsure about the other two. There's a professor I worked with two summers ago doing economics research (haven't contacted him a year and a half), another professor I took a seminar with two years ago (again, I've been out of touch with for a year or so), and my boss from a summer internship w/ the state dept (who I know would write me a glowing recommendation, but isn't an academic). Thoughts?

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eab445 Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	picking recommenders In asking for letters of recommendation, what factors should I consider? More specifically, I'm getting a strong letter from a well-known professor (worked as an RA for her and she advised my honors thesis), but I'm unsure about the other two. There's a professor I worked with two summers ago doing economics research (haven't contacted him a year and a half), another professor I took a seminar with two years ago (again, I've been out of touch with for a year or so), and my boss from a summer internship w/ the state dept (who I know would write me a glowing recommendation, but isn't an academic). Thoughts?