Advice sought on who I should get recommendations from

[desimba]

Background: Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology + MBA from a top 20-university in the US & currently working in consulting

Planning on applying to 6 Strategy programs.

Question for the forum: Who are the best choices for my recommenders?

My current plan is to have 2 recommendations from 2 profs in Strategy and am open on who I will get the 3rd recommendation from.

Some possible tweaks that could be made to the above list are:

1) Yet another Strategy professor
2) A prof in Statistics/ Quantitative methods
3) Someone in Mechanical Engineering for whom I was an RA while I was at Purdue
4) Another prof from a different department within the business school(marketing/ accounting) who can give me a very enthusiastic recommendation
5) A former boss of mine with whom I worked on a project for >4 months

What is the best subset & possible combination? And should I go above the normal 3 recommenders and try submitting 4?

Would sincerely appreciate the group's thoughts on this topic,
SB

[chartreuse]

I would go with no. 4; like you advised me on another post, it'd be best to get someone who would write enthusiastically about you ! And better yet, they are an academic!

[doubtful]

The Boss is definitely better..

[desimba]

Would appreciate other responses too. Guys and gals, please give me your thoughts on the topic of what is the best set of folks to be chosen for the recommendations: 3 profs in Strategy/ 2 profs in Strategy & 1 from Quant methods/ 2 profs from Strategy & 1 from Mechanical Engineering? Or could some of those be from somebody who is in a different department but will recommend me enthusiastically or should I seek some from a former boss of mine?

Thanks for your responses,
SB

[doubtful]

as I said the Boss is Ok.

I would choose
1) the most famous prof. of strategy being sure he can write an excellent letter
2) the prof. of quantitative methods
3) your former Boss.

[Ancalagon The Black]

I would go for the quant prof !!