Letter of Recommendation from Transfer

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1st2fall
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Letter of Recommendation from Transfer

Post by 1st2fall » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:49 pm

I will have gone to two undergraduate institutions and I was wondering if it was acceptable to get a letter of recommendation from the first school as well as the second. I'm doing research in my first school presently and I feel as though I could get a strong recommendation from this professor.

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midwestphysics
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Re: Letter of Recommendation from Transfer

Post by midwestphysics » Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:47 pm

Absolutely, people get letters from REU profs all the time, which is basically the same thing.

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Re: Letter of Recommendation from Transfer

Post by bfollinprm » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:40 am

1st2fall wrote:I will have gone to two undergraduate institutions and I was wondering if it was acceptable to get a letter of recommendation from the first school as well as the second. I'm doing research in my first school presently and I feel as though I could get a strong recommendation from this professor.
What kind of university are you going to presently? If it's a small 2-year school, I might worry a little bit about the name recognition. Also, if your professor doesn't have a PhD I'd worry. But other than that it's perfectly fine.



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