Letters of Recommendation Forum
- cdotson2
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Letters of Recommendation
I have read on here that it is always better to get a great LOR rather than one from someone important, that being said what if I can get semi equivalent ones from the Associate Dean of Students, or Assistant Director for Student Conduct and Outreach, both of which I have had extensive contact with and have worked under through the student conduct board which I am the president of at my university. The final question is how would those compare to a slightly less personable LOR from the Dean of Students?
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- rinkrat19
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Re: Letters of Recommendation
The former two are better than the latter.cdotson2 wrote:I have read on hear that it is always better to get a great LOR rather than one from someone important, that being said what if I can get semi equivalent ones from the Associate Dean of Students, or Assistant Director for Student Conduct and Outreach, both of which I have had extensive contact with and have worked under through the student conduct board which I am the president of at my university. The final question is how would those compare to a slightly less personable LOR from the Dean of Students?
Even letters from regular profs who knew you well would still be better than one from a dean of students who doesn't.
- cdotson2
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Re: Letters of Recommendation
but what about between the first two? the Associate Dean is the Boss of the other one.rinkrat19 wrote:The former two are better than the latter.cdotson2 wrote:I have read on hear that it is always better to get a great LOR rather than one from someone important, that being said what if I can get semi equivalent ones from the Associate Dean of Students, or Assistant Director for Student Conduct and Outreach, both of which I have had extensive contact with and have worked under through the student conduct board which I am the president of at my university. The final question is how would those compare to a slightly less personable LOR from the Dean of Students?
Even letters from regular profs who knew you well would still be better than one from a dean of students who doesn't.
- rinkrat19
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Re: Letters of Recommendation
Whichever one is the better letter.cdotson2 wrote:but what about between the first two? the Associate Dean is the Boss of the other one.rinkrat19 wrote:The former two are better than the latter.cdotson2 wrote:I have read on hear that it is always better to get a great LOR rather than one from someone important, that being said what if I can get semi equivalent ones from the Associate Dean of Students, or Assistant Director for Student Conduct and Outreach, both of which I have had extensive contact with and have worked under through the student conduct board which I am the president of at my university. The final question is how would those compare to a slightly less personable LOR from the Dean of Students?
Even letters from regular profs who knew you well would still be better than one from a dean of students who doesn't.
- cdotson2
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Re: Letters of Recommendation
But I cannot read the letters.rinkrat19 wrote: Whichever one is the better letter.
- rinkrat19
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Re: Letters of Recommendation
Whichever person you think will write the better letter, including more flattering descriptions of you and their detailed knowledge of how well you'd do in law school.cdotson2 wrote:But I cannot read the letters.rinkrat19 wrote: Whichever one is the better letter.
LORs are a box to be checked, not anything worth getting this neurotic over. A bad LOR can hurt you, but one additional point on the LSAT is worth more than the difference between the LOR options you've described.
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