急问：HBS 推荐信？！

HBS online application 要求推荐人回答6个问题（limit to 250 words per question;  total 250 x 6 = 1500 words limit)．

现在我的一个推荐人写了一封推荐信，约500字．内容还不错，问题也基本回答了．这样可以吗？还是一定要一条一条地回答问题？

肯请各位高手前辈指教！

Ding 一下.

多谢NN, 大侠, 高人, 前辈指点!

这个问题大家基本都遇到过，根据我看贴得到的反馈，好像前辈们都认为写一篇系统囊括问题的推荐信比较好，如果可能也可以再回答回答问题。（偶想指的是某些学校提供的，调查表形式的推荐信）

GG搜索一下，推荐信的帖子很多。。。

MarieZhu MM, thanks a lot!

I did a little bit more research on this topic, and here are my impressions:

- If you can "manage" your recommenders to closely follow the schools' instructions and answer their questions one by one, it's great -- it demonstrates once again your are managerial material

- If your recommender don't have time etc. to fill in the blank answering all the questions in detail, it should still be acceptable to submit one cover-all letter of recommendation.  Schools, hopefully, won't hold this against you too much.

- There are actually some benefits of a complete LoR: it can be written in a more persuasive/powerful way showing holistically the applicant's qualities, comparing with the piece meal answering the questions format.

- Bottom line: don’t force your recommender to do things s/he doesn’t like to do.  Don’t argue with them (although you can politely try to persuade them).  Make them happy.  Otherwise in the end you will become unhappy :-)

Hehe, this is absolutely true!