2007 November 15th, 02:19 AM
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Aspiring for econ greatne
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the LATEST to ask for a letter of rec
given that deadlines for '08 matriculation is fastly approaching, do you still think its acceptable to ask for a letter of reference now? i already have two (very strong) recs, but i obviously need a third one still. i have a professor in mind who i've just gotten to know (he just agreed to be the faculty adviser for the honors thesis i'll be writing next semester). do you guys think its too late to ask for a letter of reference?
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2007 November 15th, 02:22 AM
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TestMagic Guru-in-Training
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Maybe the question is, is it too early (in your relationship with the Prof since you just recently interacted with hiim) to ask a letter? Haha I'm just messing with you (though there might be some grain of sense here) =)
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2007 November 15th, 02:42 AM
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Well as of today there is about exactly one month left before the first application is due, so it's not like you're waiting until they have one week left. Nonetheless it is a little late, but do you really have a choice? Unless you're only applying to LSE and Northwestern (only schools I know of that accept just two letters)....
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2007 November 15th, 05:23 AM
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One month is the minimum amount of time I would give a professor to write a letter. These folks are busy (at least, they pretend to be) and asking them to write a glowing letter takes more than a few moments.
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2007 November 15th, 01:47 PM
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Within my grasp!
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Of course, some just take a letter written for someone else that conveys the feeling they have about you and replace the names, which will take almost no time at all. Just make sure that if you know that is what they are doing, they change the name everywhere (and change pronouns to match.)
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2007 November 15th, 05:59 PM
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Within my grasp!
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My gut sense would be if you have been in the class with someone for 2 months or so and you have been active in class discussions/ showed up occasionally during office hours, you should be OK. The best option of course is to go for someone you have known for a long while who will offer you a glowing recommendation but in the absence of that, someone who knows you reasonably well and will write you a strong letter of reference is a good bet too.
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2009 October 16th, 03:40 AM
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I JUST got here.
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You should give the professor 5-6 weeks before your very first deadline.
If all your targets are w/ deadline in late December or even later. And only one of your target is due at Dec 1. And assume that you plan to ask your prof at mid Nov, then you should just forget about the target school w/ a very early deadline, like Dec 1. |
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but i actually do know this professor from a course i took with him last year as well. we've just recently become more, "intimate" in our relationship however..gif)
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