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LOR presents
Started by cocokeala
In my opinion, you shouldn't get them anything. I had this debate with some of my pre-med friends. To me, a Thank You note is enough. They went into education to help students succeed. Buying them lavish gifts is not serving the purpose or their overly inflated egos (in some cases) anyway. Stick with a well written Thank You on nice stationary.
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It depends really... I was facing the same problem since I come from a small school and I was afraid of offending other profs if I got them different items(different values) from the same genre(like different bottles of wine). I decided to give gifts based on my gratitude for everything they have done, rather than just giving gifts based on LoR's. If you know your recommenders well enough, give them a gift. I'm a graduating senior anyway, so I picked out gifts. Anyway, alcohol always works well... unless they don't drink; gotta do some research on that.
bottles of riesling and a little card is what i gave to my LOR-writers.
I'm actually not sure that thank-you presents are appropriate for LORs. This is part of their job as professors. I totally understand wanting to give a gift as a token of appreciation (I buy thank-you gifts for everything), but these letters are based on merit. For profs to accept presents for LORs may reflect poorly on them. I say stick with thank-you notes.
Eh...I bothered my professors during spring break to do my LOR's and alot of them were writing them while they were away on vacay,so I felt like I had to give them something. I dont know how close you guys were to the people that wrote your letters,but I'd had at least 3 classes with each person that wrote mine and had a good relationship with each,so it seemed appropriate.
I think it may be considered bribery for a professor to accept a gift in exchange for a LOR. (at the least it is very unprofessional)
Not that I give a crap, I would bribe until the pigs fly if they let me, but one of my profs was offended when I offered something.
Whatever it takes to get in!
Not that I give a crap, I would bribe until the pigs fly if they let me, but one of my profs was offended when I offered something.
Whatever it takes to get in!
It wasnt a bribing type situation like dddddsssmack insinuated above. it was a "i know youre on break and are going way out of your way to do this,and since ive known you for 3 years,this is a little something to say thank you."
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the genius maids forgot to bring in the mail,so its still sitting in the mailbox at my parents house,and theyre asleep so i cant call and ask them to go out to the mailbox and check-im beyond pissed.
only cause my house is like jumanji,and bc my parents are slightly crazy😎 tomorrows another day for the mailman to bring me letters..maybe theres one waitin in there now! bah. hey,give me one of your interviews. pleeeeeeeeeez.
crap. after the tigers killed us,we need at least one NY team to make it to the world series to make ourselves feel better.
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That's what I did! to only one of them though 😀 everyone else got a thank you card of course
Haha......thats cool guys...I didnt even think to buy something...im not in NY anymore and I asked all my prof. from NYU so I couldnt really give anything.
Actually I got 2 e-mails saying thank you for choosing them and good luck lol
Actually I got 2 e-mails saying thank you for choosing them and good luck lol
Im a HUGE Met fan.. and this was horrible.. but..
Perhaps there is balance in life and the sadness of the mets losing tonight 🙁 will be balanced by several interview offers in the next few days😀
Buffalo? Upenn? Stony Brook? oh.. and please UoP!!
Perhaps there is balance in life and the sadness of the mets losing tonight 🙁 will be balanced by several interview offers in the next few days😀
Buffalo? Upenn? Stony Brook? oh.. and please UoP!!
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