LOR's

[UBCGIRL14]

I just heard back from a professor regarding an LOR. He says he is more than happy to write me an LOR that states he doesnt know me very well on a personal basis but that he feels I performed well in his classes which suggests my competence for post-grad school. Is it okay if the letter is not on a personal level?

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[ariel winter]

yeah. it's more of an "academic reference" as opposed to a "reference letter" per se. however, i did that as well and it was fine; just make sure you do get some "better" ones to boost yourself. try to get one from a prof who does know you on a personal level.

I just heard back from a professor regarding an LOR. He says he is more than happy to write me an LOR that states he doesnt know me very well on a personal basis but that he feels I performed well in his classes which suggests my competence for post-grad school. Is it okay if the letter is not on a personal level?

 

[ucbsowarrior]

I just heard back from a professor regarding an LOR. He says he is more than happy to write me an LOR that states he doesnt know me very well on a personal basis but that he feels I performed well in his classes which suggests my competence for post-grad school. Is it okay if the letter is not on a personal level?

use this only as last resort.
try to get more personable references or more references than requested.

 

[drmhyde]

dang...I thought this was a thread on the Lord of The Rings...my bad

 

[Canadian26]

I asked a prof at the start of the semister this year, and it was the same deal he would base the letter soley on grade performance. I also asked a TA whom I knew pretty well to write a letter as well. Some schools will accept TA letters, aslong as its signed off on by the teaching prof, which most profs are more than happy to do.

 

[3eb4me]

do you think any professor will be evil enough to say ...'sure ill write you a LOR,' then in turn they say bad things about you. that would be a nightmare.

 

[jcaco]

do you think any professor will be evil enough to say ...'sure ill write you a LOR,' then in turn they say bad things about you. that would be a nightmare.

i'm sure the majority of them don't/won't, but i personally know a prof (he told me) that did that. evil, yes indeed.

 

[4Eyes]

i'm sure the majority of them don't/won't, but i personally know a prof (he told me) that did that. evil, yes indeed.

Over the summer, I was responsible for shredding old old applications. I didn't find anything BAD (though I wasn't really looking), but I did see one or two where the professor was like, "This person asked me to to write them a recommendation. I don't really know them, but their grades are okay."

I'm thinking, if you don't know them, why would you agree to write the rec?

Anyhoo, if you can find a professor who really knows you or at least has an idea of your work ethic, go with that.

I did have one LOR from an OD that I hadn't really been working with for very long. I felt he would write me a good recommendation, but he probably didn't know me as well as someone writing recommendations should. I tried to make up for it by putting together a packet of information about me...transcript, resume, etc. That might be overkill, but I thought it was best to play it safe.