Are LOR's really that important?

[hawk52]

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First off, im very confident in my evaluators, i have worked for them all for an extended period and they are all PhD's and MD's. But, does this really matter? I mean, everyone gets said the same things about them in one form or another. One prof i had wrote the same thing for everyone. So, can they really sift through all of these and really have them work in your favor?

 

[ASU-devil]

LOR's don't really carry that much weight if they are good, but if they are bad then I think that can really hurt you. But it also depends on the school and how much they actually look into your application.

 

[etan4]

The worse your stats, the more important they become; the better your stats, the less important they become.