Choosing Recommenders
Saturday July 12, 2008
The aspects of applying to graduate school that students agonize most over are letters of recommendation. Who do you approach?
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You need to choose the several people who can speak about each of your different strengths in an unbiased objective manner. E.g. pick one of a professor, boss/supervisor, mentor.