marrodcruz wrote:
Hi everyone,
With some reservations whether or not I shall apply to R3 this April or to R1 this September, I just have some questions regarding my recommendation letters.
Can I still use the recommendation letters I requested from my recommenders? My recommenders already submitted their responses for R3. In case I decide to postpone my application to R1, I would still love to have the same recommendation letters be sent at a later round. Assuming I did not push for R3, will the recommendation letters be gone after evaluation for R3? Or can I still use the recommendation letters I requested to apply for the upcoming R1 this September?
Thank you!!!
From what I know, you can't push the recommendation letters across rounds, for e.g. from Round 3 to Round 1 next year. The way forward would be to ask your recommenders to submit the same recommendation again in Round 1 next year.
But there's a catch here. Some schools ask that you get at least 1 different recommender when you reapply. In Stanford's case, here's what they say: "Consider different recommenders, who may provide a more insightful and thorough perspective." It doesn't seem to be a mandated thing. So you can ask your recommender to submit the same recommendation. Especially because the time delta between Round 3 and Round 1 next year isn't much. So schools also know that not a lot would have changed.
Hope this helps!