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hello all. i'm am applying r2 and have a question on recommenders. assuming all my recommenders can write equally good applications (which i hope they would), what would be the ideal mix of recommenders given the choices i have? would hbs take a peer rec as a 3rd instead of one for a manager from a previous job?
i've been at my current company for more than 3.5 years and for my standard 2 recs, i'm getting them from two managers i work with. for stanford's 3rd in which they specifically ask for a peer, i got one from a co-worker (now in b-school) who also knew me from a community volunteering perspective and able to write about my leadership in that aspect.
i'm trying to figure out if for hbs' 3rd rec, whether i should go with a peer or my manager from my previous job. this would be over 3.5 years ago in my first job out of college, so my development areas would have been different. and i'm not sure how much detail he could write. we had a great relationship, so i think he could write a strong rec, though i didn't get a good sign when he asked if i could take a first pass at the rec...all this is leading me to getting the peer rec as my 3rd, which is already written for stanford.
what are your thoughts? any advice on what i should do?
thanks!
i've been at my current company for more than 3.5 years and for my standard 2 recs, i'm getting them from two managers i work with. for stanford's 3rd in which they specifically ask for a peer, i got one from a co-worker (now in b-school) who also knew me from a community volunteering perspective and able to write about my leadership in that aspect.
i'm trying to figure out if for hbs' 3rd rec, whether i should go with a peer or my manager from my previous job. this would be over 3.5 years ago in my first job out of college, so my development areas would have been different. and i'm not sure how much detail he could write. we had a great relationship, so i think he could write a strong rec, though i didn't get a good sign when he asked if i could take a first pass at the rec...all this is leading me to getting the peer rec as my 3rd, which is already written for stanford.
what are your thoughts? any advice on what i should do?
thanks!
02 Dec 2008, 14:16
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I asked this same question about the 3rd recommendation to the woman running the HBS booth at an MBA fair in September. It was unclear to me whether she was adcom or alumna, but for what it's worth I'll tell you what she said.
She told me flat-out that a peer recommendation was inappropriate. She told me a previous employer or client would be more appropriate. In my case, she told me she'd be more interested in the previous employer (which was 2.5 years ago) since it was a completely different industry and job role.
I went with her suggestion and asked a superior from my previous job, and I was invited to interview for R1.
She told me flat-out that a peer recommendation was inappropriate. She told me a previous employer or client would be more appropriate. In my case, she told me she'd be more interested in the previous employer (which was 2.5 years ago) since it was a completely different industry and job role.
I went with her suggestion and asked a superior from my previous job, and I was invited to interview for R1.
