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Originally Posted by qu-mu
has poor LORs...(even though the applicant has done all that you expect in order to get good LORs...i.e. not applicant's fault)? |
i don't know that means. you mean you don't have professors at your university? this is about signaling - not ahving a professor support you can either mean that you've been a student that's not promising (bad student) OR that your program didn't have opportunities to get to know profs (which is why LSE is a bad investment).
in the latter case, you become a risky applicant for a phd program, which is a huge disadvantage. chances are you are hiding behind the second scenario to hide the first one...