Letters of Recommendation Forum

[cdotson2]

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?

[rinkrat19]

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?

The former two are better than the latter.
Even letters from regular profs who knew you well would still be better than one from a dean of students who doesn't.

[cdotson2]

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?

The former two are better than the latter.
Even letters from regular profs who knew you well would still be better than one from a dean of students who doesn't.

but what about between the first two? the Associate Dean is the Boss of the other one.

[rinkrat19]

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?

The former two are better than the latter.
Even letters from regular profs who knew you well would still be better than one from a dean of students who doesn't.

but what about between the first two? the Associate Dean is the Boss of the other one.

Whichever one is the better letter.

[cdotson2]

Whichever one is the better letter.

But I cannot read the letters.

[rinkrat19]

Whichever one is the better letter.

But I cannot read the letters.

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.

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.