Eletronic Recommendations - LORs

Question

For schools that require you to submit a recommender's email address and they'll send the person a link to fill out the form, is it usually different for each school? The emails are sent from Hobsons service but is there any way to find out what the questions are asked?

Thanks.

Thanks.

bpengage · Answer

Yes, questions will be different for all schools. try googling the school and letter of rec. i found all the questions of the schools i applied to online (except for yale's). some schools even post their LOR questions on their websites.

vazz · Answer

Thanks. A few popped up immediately in google but for others I guess I'll have to search a little harder. There isnt anyone who's listed them on a post or webpage or anything like that, right?

They really need to work together to get some type of standard form going instead of separately logging in to different pages and copying & pasting responses. If I was writing someones LORs and had to do all this I'd be PISSED!

Thanks

bpengage · Answer

some LOR questions might be listed on the main business school guides here, but i'm not sure if all of them are.

it would be easier to have one generic LOR, but i think every school wants to feel special and think that you're only applying to that school.

my recommenders wrote one letter each and submitted it to each school instead of answering all the questions separately.

vazz · Answer

They submitted them electronically through that website or directly to the school? On a lot f the websites it says they dont accept hard copies or emailed ones.

I'm afraid if one of my guys has to answer those questions, after the second school he might just have his secretary finish it (depending on how long it takes him) and that... will probably not turn out ok

Thanks

bpengage · Answer

No I'm saying that my recommenders wrote one letter each and then on the website of the schools they attached that generic letter that covered all the questions. They still needed to go to the website and submit their letter, but it was a lot less work for them than answering each question individually in the allocated space. It was also easier for them when I decided to apply for an additional school.

shr30 · Answer

Thanks for the heads up - but wait a second Bei, is there an option to upload on one document versus submitting each question in the little box below it?
I am a bit confused on this too.

bpengage · Answer

I think it depends on the school, but based on my experience with my recommenders, I was under the impression that they uploaded one single letter for each school (and filled out individually the specific information asking them to rate me against my peers like Berkeley's form). I know for a fact they only wrote one letter for each school, so I'm not sure if each school had an option for a single upload, or if they just copy and pasted answers the questions.

vazz · Answer

Gotcha, thanks!

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