Letter of Rec with grammar errors......

[Albo]

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My supervisor at work (an RN) wrote an outstanding letter of rec and after she submitted it she printed me a copy to read. I was very pleased with what she had written however there were a few grammatical errors i notices as well as some structural ones as well. English is not her first language just as is not mine so i understand but what pisses me of is that she didn't take the time to go over it, it seems like she did it in a rush.

Since she already submitted the letter to pharmcas can she still make changes to it so i can ask her if she would allow me to proofread it and make some changes (that won't affect its content)....

Will a letter like this make me look bad as well even though the content is great...

 

[nicolemsm]

My supervisor at work (an RN) wrote an outstanding letter of rec and after she submitted it she printed me a copy to read. I was very pleased with what she had written however there were a few grammatical errors i notices as well as some structural ones as well. English is not her first language just as is not mine so i understand but what pisses me of is that she didn't take the time to go over it, it seems like she did it in a rush.

Since she already submitted the letter to pharmcas can she still make changes to it so i can ask her if she would allow me to proofread it and make some changes (that won't affect its content)....

Will a letter like this make me look bad as well even though the content is great...

Same thing happened to me for a program I applied to. My DOCTORATE educated professor wrote an outstanding letter, but there were errors in it, just as you mentioned. I was accepted for the program (thankfully), but I think the content matters more rather than the errors.

She wrote the letter, not you, so the errors will fall on her.

 

[Albo]

Same thing happened to me for a program I applied to. My DOCTORATE educated professor wrote an outstanding letter, but there were errors in it, just as you mentioned. I was accepted for the program (thankfully), but I think the content matters more rather than the errors.

She wrote the letter, not you, so the errors will fall on her.

Well since she submitted it, can she still make changes to the lett of rec or is it too late now. This sucks I wish she never had showed me the let of rec so I didn't have to worry so much.

 

[LebronJamesNy]

Well since she submitted it, can she still make changes to the lett of rec or is it too late now. This sucks I wish she never had showed me the let of rec so I didn't have to worry so much.

Yes, it can be changed, the same thing happened to me. Just email pharmcas and tell them to re open the reference. In the e-mail make sure u state the persons name, whose reference you want re-opened. I deleted the reference and re did it. I proof read and edited the letter to fix the errors.

 

[mcalabr3]

Since you technically -should- waive your right to see the letter I feel that a pharmacy school can't hold it against you whether your LOR is grammatically correct.

Of course you can also argue that this would make an admissions committee think less of the person writing it because of the errors. However, I believe if you can't get it changed it's the substance of the LOR that matters in the end.