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Does admissions call your recommender? 04 Nov 2010, 19:31
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I am wondering if admissions will call my boss if i apply to Columbia. I know he will write a good letter of recommendation, but he can say something negative on the phone if he is having a bad day. I don't trust it. Any thoughts?
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Does admissions call your recommender? 04 Nov 2010, 19:41
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I am wondering if admissions will call my boss if i apply to Columbia. I know he will write a good letter of recommendation, but he can say something negative on the phone if he is having a bad day. I don't trust it. Any thoughts?
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Sounds odd... You trust him to write a letter but not talk on the phone?

That being said, I have not heard of recommenders being called.
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they can call a recommender if need be or if they have any suspicions about the validity of your LOR, that being said, calls to recommenders are extremely rare.
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Conclusive answer: they can, but they usually don't.
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