Recommenders
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05 Dec 2005, 07:21
I encountered a particular problem with my recommenders.
Inititally I selected four of them, with priorities 1 to 4, and they all agreed to write recommendations and were very supportive. However, when I tried to contact each of them again to give them the information about the the schools and the points to emphasize, I was not able to contact recommender No. 3. Hence I sent a mail/left a message and redistributed her schools to the other recommenders. After a week, she contacted me saying that even though she was too busy till then, she now wants to write the recommendations. I told her that she didn't have to write and that I'll manage it with someone else, but she insisted. I didn't have the heart to tell her that she can't and that her slots were given (after all she was kind enough to agree to help), so I submitted her name as the third recommender to a couple of the schools.
Now I don't know how I can explain the third recommender in my application.
Moreover, since recommender no.3 is busy, I am not sure if she will write a good recommendation or a new perspective.
I wanted to know how this spoils my chances.