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gucci972 · 发表于 2011-7-30 03:29:11

请教大家，MBA的推荐信一般都找老板写，作为日理万机的老板答应替申请人写推荐信已经非常不易，但是很多学校对于推荐信的具体内容都有自己不同的要求，这使得推荐人针对不同的学校要写侧重点不同的推荐信，这给推荐人带来很大的不便。不知道各位前辈们是怎么解决这个问题的？能否给不同学校只提交内容一样的推荐信，而不去按照学校推荐信要求去写？这样做会不会对申请带来负面影响？谢谢！

xxpatzz · 发表于 2011-7-30 04:25:42

同问

davidsiqi · 发表于 2011-7-30 19:58:12

必须按照每个学校taylor made
自己代笔没问题，实际上大多数人也是这么做的
争取做到自己写个大概，在写的过程中尽量多的involve他，加入他的观点和语言，总之不要让学校看出来是你写的，虽然学校一般也都明白= =~

JonFrank · 发表于 2011-8-1 11:34:51

Hello my friend. Yes, schools know that MBA LOR guys are very busy. So from time to time, they will only write ONE letter and it can be used for other schools. It isn’t ideal, but it is okay—especially if that boss ACTUALLY writes the letter himself, and he does a good job. Now in doing LORs, remember what we call the 70-30 rule. 70% of what the recommender writes about should corroborate YOUR stories. If you claim to have done lots of cool stuff, the LOR should confirm that. But 30% of what he writes about should NOT be in your application. It should be NEW information, exciting information that you wouldn’t KNOW to write in your app. If he does this, even if he submits the same LOR for all schools, you should be just fine this year.

Jon Frank
HBS 2005
Jon Frank
HBS 2005

Charisma1981 · 发表于 2011-8-1 13:26:30

Hello my friend. Yes, schools know that MBA LOR guys are very busy. So from time to time, they will only write ONE letter and it can be used for other schools. It isn’t ideal, but it is okay—especially if that boss ACTUALLY writes the letter himself, and he does a good job. Now in doing LORs, remember what we call the 70-30 rule. 70% of what the recommender writes about should corroborate YOUR stories. If you claim to have done lots of cool stuff, the LOR should confirm that. But 30% of what he writes about should NOT be in your application. It should be NEW information, exciting information that you wouldn’t KNOW to write in your app. If he does this, even if he submits the same LOR for all schools, you should be just fine this year.

Jon Frank
HBS 2005
Jon Frank
HBS 2005

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2011/8/1 11:34:51)

Dear Jon, I want to ask one question: What if a recommender is too busy to complete online application forms one by one? Can we just use the PDF form, copy the LOR content into it and then submit online? Thank you very much!

JonFrank · 发表于 2011-8-2 12:07:17

Hello my friend. Yes, schools know that MBA LOR guys are very busy. So from time to time, they will only write ONE letter and it can be used for other schools. It isn’t ideal, but it is okay—especially if that boss ACTUALLY writes the letter himself, and he does a good job. Now in doing LORs, remember what we call the 70-30 rule. 70% of what the recommender writes about should corroborate YOUR stories. If you claim to have done lots of cool stuff, the LOR should confirm that. But 30% of what he writes about should NOT be in your application. It should be NEW information, exciting information that you wouldn’t KNOW to write in your app. If he does this, even if he submits the same LOR for all schools, you should be just fine this year.

Jon Frank
HBS 2005
Jon Frank
HBS 2005

-- by 会员 JonFrank (2011/8/1 11:34:51)

Dear Jon, I want to ask one question: What if a recommender is too busy to complete online application forms one by one? Can we just use the PDF form, copy the LOR content into it and then submit online? Thank you very much!

-- by 会员 Charisma1981 (2011/8/1 13:26:30)

Hey there. Technically, this is against the rules. You will need to get your recommender’s user name and password, email address etc. to make this all happen. But if he provides this info to you, YES you can. J In fact we see this all the time. You just need a recommender who allows you all his information—because once you get into the process, youll see that all the instructions etc. are sent DIRECTLY to your recommender. To his email address etc. So this may pose some challenges in your plan. But it is possible of course…

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

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