Author: iblunk
Subject: when to request recommendation letters?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:36 pm (GMT -5)
Topic Replies: 3
Hi guys,
So...I'm kind of clueless about the whole application process so please bear with me. About recommendation letters. I heard that it was standard to request them in May, but I'm not entirely sure how that works. Don't you only send recommendation letters to schools you get secondary applications from, which would be needed much later? When do we generally get secondary applications anyways?
Also, do you give the professors a list of schools and a bunch of addressed envelopes that you need to do the secondary applications for? Or does he write the letter, give you however many signed copies you need and you mail them out? Let me know if you can!
Another problem I have is that I actually only know two professors well at UCSD (one science, one humanities) For the third one though, I don't know... I've only talked to professors during their the office hours and after class.(frequently enough though so they would know who I am, but not so much that I feel they could really say much about me as a person). Its also too late for me to TA since I'm graduating after next quarter, but what do you guys think, would it be appropriate to ask for a letter from one of these professors? Or is there something else I can do next quarter to get to know one of these people better?
