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Does a LOR From an alumna at "X" School help your chances ?
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:25 pm
by jasonc.
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Re: Does a LOR From an alumni at "X" School help your chances ?
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:04 am
by T6Hopeful
jasonc. wrote:???
Not significantly. If it helps, it's only because it's an honest detailed and enthusiastic recommendation that highlights great qualities about you, not because it's from the alum.
By the way, a single "alumni" as you said, is actually called "alumnus" or "alumna." Alumni is plural.
Re: Does a LOR From an alumni at "X" School help your chances ?
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:12 am
by clr2277
I've wondered about that myself. I don't think it will turn an auto reject into a yes, but I think it might help. I also think it probably makes a difference if the alum has connections with the school still (i.e. knows the dean of admissions/someone important).