Really Ole Miss? LOR related... Forum
- bendtheslurry
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Really Ole Miss? LOR related...
Before I sucked it up on my LSAT retake, I was looking at some decent schools and while most seemed to WANT academic LORs....they were ok if you didn't have them. Ole Miss says that you HAVE TO have two...well, I don't. I've been out of school four years. I transfered to my university from community college, so I only spent 2 years there and had huge classes where I was just a faceless student.
My numbers are well above 75% for them, are they really going to reject me because I have 2 letters from employers???
My numbers are well above 75% for them, are they really going to reject me because I have 2 letters from employers???
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Re: Really Ole Miss? LOR related...
Hard to say - Why don't you e-mail the admissions folks and ask directly? So far, I've had a lot of great success getting actual e-mail replies from human beings that work at these places (surprising to say the least honestly). That is your best bet!!bendtheslurry wrote:Before I sucked it up on my LSAT retake, I was looking at some decent schools and while most seemed to WANT academic LORs....they were ok if you didn't have them. Ole Miss says that you HAVE TO have two...well, I don't. I've been out of school four years. I transfered to my university from community college, so I only spent 2 years there and had huge classes where I was just a faceless student.
My numbers are well above 75% for them, are they really going to reject me because I have 2 letters from employers???
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Re: Really Ole Miss? LOR related...
It really isnt that hard/bad to go into a teacher you did well in, explain your situation, and beg/ask them for a LOR - part of their "job" is to write LORs. I'd suspect that many professors wouldn't mind, but you have to give them time....
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Re: Really Ole Miss? LOR related...
OP has been out of school for FOUR YEARS. Even if you did phenomenally in a given class, the chances that the prof. will remember OP after that long of a time is pretty much nil.Sandro777 wrote:It really isnt that hard/bad to go into a teacher you did well in, explain your situation, and beg/ask them for a LOR - part of their "job" is to write LORs. I'd suspect that many professors wouldn't mind, but you have to give them time....
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I don't live near my university...and I'd think it to be really impersonal to just shoot an email. I barely remember what classes I took from various professors....I don't know how compelling I would be asking them for a letter.Sandro777 wrote:It really isnt that hard/bad to go into a teacher you did well in, explain your situation, and beg/ask them for a LOR - part of their "job" is to write LORs. I'd suspect that many professors wouldn't mind, but you have to give them time....
I guess I just find it frustrating that they only accept academics... my employers know me very well and can write very strong letters about my work ethic/character/etc. Right now the best I could hope for from a professor is : "X took my class in 2006. She earned an A and therefore is good for law school."
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Re: Really Ole Miss? LOR related...
You're at/above both 75th percentile. You would need a negative LOR to hurt your chances.bendtheslurry wrote:I don't live near my university...and I'd think it to be really impersonal to just shoot an email. I barely remember what classes I took from various professors....I don't know how compelling I would be asking them for a letter.Sandro777 wrote:It really isnt that hard/bad to go into a teacher you did well in, explain your situation, and beg/ask them for a LOR - part of their "job" is to write LORs. I'd suspect that many professors wouldn't mind, but you have to give them time....
I guess I just find it frustrating that they only accept academics... my employers know me very well and can write very strong letters about my work ethic/character/etc. Right now the best I could hope for from a professor is : "X took my class in 2006. She earned an A and therefore is good for law school."
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Re: Really Ole Miss? LOR related...
I appreciate everyone's feedback. I'm just applying with the lors that I have, and if thats not good enough for them...oh well.