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LOR to Berkeley or not?
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:43 pm
by drawstring
LOR are optional for Berkeley. I've got two but I'm unaware of the content of those letters, meaning that I don't know how well written they are.
Given this, is it better to not send LOR to Berkeley, eliminating the chance the letters impair my application, or should I send them in? Does it matter?
Re: LOR to Berkeley or not?
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:15 pm
by Happy Gilmore
drawstring wrote:LOR are optional for Berkeley. I've got two but I'm unaware of the content of those letters, meaning that I don't know how well written they are.
Given this, is it better to not send LOR to Berkeley, eliminating the chance the letters impair my application, or should I send them in? Does it matter?
I assume just send them, I think it would look bad if you sent zero. But I know nothing about berkeley, sent mine though.
Re: LOR to Berkeley or not?
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 2:14 pm
by Ti Malice
You're not getting into Boalt without submitting LORs.
Re: LOR to Berkeley or not?
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:29 pm
by drawstring
Thanks for the responses HG and Ti!
Re: LOR to Berkeley or not?
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:48 pm
by ScottRiqui
As long as the LoRs are generally positive, I don't think that submitting them could hurt you. But if I were an adcomm, receiving an application with no LoRs would make me wonder if the applicant was such a social misfit that s/he couldn't even find one person from their academic/work background willing to say nice things about them.