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Picking the second recommender
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20 Jun 2006, 09:30
I've already signed up my immediate supervisor to write me a recommendation. Selecting someone to write the second recommendation has been problematic. I have several choices.
1) A successful Stern graduate who is currently in the field I'm targetting post MBA. I've known him in a personal/professional capacity for about 2 years and he has served as a mentor to me.
2) My mentor/colleague at work. He is 40+ and an excellent writer but does not have an MBA. He has known me for about 2 years and we are close. He would have been my top choice but I think he'd say the same things that my immediate supervisor would.
3) A professor at my first choice university. I've known him for about 1 year and he serves as an advisor to the non-profit that I'm an officer of.
4) A client from my past entrepreneurial experience. Known him for several years, but I haven't been in touch for over 4 years.
Any ideas? Any suggestions are welcome.