Alumni Letters

[flabbergabber]

How useful are letters from alumni? Say they are faculty whom I've worked alongside extensively (though they are not my direct supervisor or PI).

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[Goro]

Other than my immediately going "hey I remember him!", they may add a tad more weight. if a recent grad, the LOR writer knows the strengths and weakness of the program, so his/her word about you might be taken as relevant.

But if it's from, say, the Class of 1978, it's just another writer.

How useful are letters from alumni? Say they are faculty whom I've worked alongside extensively (though they are not my direct supervisor or PI).