I am a little confused on this one, they want academic and professional, does that mean from your employeer or someone (not a professor) but in your field of study.

6/18/2006 10:16:27 PM

To me, academic = get a professor to reccomend you.

Professional = Get a previous boss or supervisor to give you a letter of recommendation.

6/18/2006 10:40:23 PM

if you struggle interpreting recommendation letter requests...maybe grad school isn't for you...



jk...what he ^ said

6/18/2006 11:08:30 PM

all of mine were academic, all professors from my department

granted two of my "academic" recommendations were also my bosses.

6/18/2006 11:43:02 PM

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"if you struggle interpreting recommendation letter requests...maybe grad school isn't for you..."

6/19/2006 4:18:37 AM

-1 person to vouch for your character (personal)
-1 person to vouch for your intelligence (academic)
-1 person to vouch for your competence (professional)

You CAN combine two/all three into a single letter if somebody knows you really well. The professional person can be your academic/honors research professor, so long as you did something both you and the professor agree that was good

6/19/2006 5:55:01 AM

^ perfect i was debating between someone from state, more research based, or a boss of mine.
My GRE teacher wasn't even clear.

and gargs for some reason I think I have a better belonging in grad school than you do, you may as well go back to India for that one.

6/19/2006 11:43:40 AM

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"I think I have a better belonging in grad school "

6/19/2006 12:14:46 PM

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"you may as well go back to India for that one."

6/19/2006 1:55:48 PM