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31 Aug 2021, 20:21
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Hi,
Can someone explain to me how the Common LoR works? I will have to explain the same to my recommenders and don't want to end up giving them incorrect or incomplete information.
GMAC's website says to fill it and keep it with you - and when you get a notification from the school, you can follow the school's instructions.
So are you asked to upload the filled pdf?
Will you have to individually copy-paste all your responses?
Please let me know, thanks!
Can someone explain to me how the Common LoR works? I will have to explain the same to my recommenders and don't want to end up giving them incorrect or incomplete information.
GMAC's website says to fill it and keep it with you - and when you get a notification from the school, you can follow the school's instructions.
So are you asked to upload the filled pdf?
Will you have to individually copy-paste all your responses?
Please let me know, thanks!
01 Sep 2021, 17:13
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Good question. It is actually a bit confusing, at least the way they try to sell it.
First of all, the concept is a great idea. What it really means is that there is a standard format so to speak with a number of questions and instead of each business school developing their own form and having their own questions that your recommender has to fill out and basically write six separate letters of recommendation, if you have to apply to six different schools, instead, if you apply to six different schools, they will encounter the same questions.
Now, this does not mean that it’s some kind of a central system. Each business school application is still a separate entity and a separate system not related to each other. Many of the business schools have additional small short answer questions or ranking questions. However, the main big time consuming question is the same across all of the schools. This means that they recommender can copy paste their main response to your candidacy into each of the letters of recommendation.
They will get six separate links to six separate letters of recommendation in potentially a number of different systems. They will still have to spend close to an hour filling out each of the forms since they will have differences. Some have additional questions, somehow a second big question, and some will be identical.
The recommender will have to answer in about 50 to 100 words how they know you or how you two are related. That would be good to save. I would also recommend for them to preview and print/save as PDF each of the letters of recommendation just in case.
Then there is the main single question which is common among all of the schools pretty much.
Then there is a section about how you are rated or rank compared to your peers and sometimes some other questions or qualifications.
One big aspect is to make sure that if your recommender is going to say something along the lines of “ Jim would be a great addition to Columbia” then they need to remember to change that to Ross, booth, and whatever else. There is a lot of leniency towards recommenders and their writing is not expected to be high end or some thing they should be working on for months but you don’t want it to be sloppy either.
Personally, you will have to manage your recommenders. Most of them will do the work at the last possible moment and that’ll add unnecessary stress to your application. This is especially true if you have a large number of schools you’re applying to. It gets repetitive and annoying for your recommend her to keep filling out these forms and they will naturally tend to do it right before the deadline. You may have a much better boss 😎
The questions to ask about personal piece of advice has seem to have remained over the years. It’s been around for quite a while. Some programs also asked to rate you versus your peers and how your performance compares to others but not all.
https://www.gmac.com/-/media/files/gmac ... B8F8701A28
Here’s the latest form and it has two questions. In my experience most only ask one to reduce the burden on the recommender and that is the advice given question. YMMV.
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First of all, the concept is a great idea. What it really means is that there is a standard format so to speak with a number of questions and instead of each business school developing their own form and having their own questions that your recommender has to fill out and basically write six separate letters of recommendation, if you have to apply to six different schools, instead, if you apply to six different schools, they will encounter the same questions.
Now, this does not mean that it’s some kind of a central system. Each business school application is still a separate entity and a separate system not related to each other. Many of the business schools have additional small short answer questions or ranking questions. However, the main big time consuming question is the same across all of the schools. This means that they recommender can copy paste their main response to your candidacy into each of the letters of recommendation.
They will get six separate links to six separate letters of recommendation in potentially a number of different systems. They will still have to spend close to an hour filling out each of the forms since they will have differences. Some have additional questions, somehow a second big question, and some will be identical.
The recommender will have to answer in about 50 to 100 words how they know you or how you two are related. That would be good to save. I would also recommend for them to preview and print/save as PDF each of the letters of recommendation just in case.
Then there is the main single question which is common among all of the schools pretty much.
Then there is a section about how you are rated or rank compared to your peers and sometimes some other questions or qualifications.
One big aspect is to make sure that if your recommender is going to say something along the lines of “ Jim would be a great addition to Columbia” then they need to remember to change that to Ross, booth, and whatever else. There is a lot of leniency towards recommenders and their writing is not expected to be high end or some thing they should be working on for months but you don’t want it to be sloppy either.
Personally, you will have to manage your recommenders. Most of them will do the work at the last possible moment and that’ll add unnecessary stress to your application. This is especially true if you have a large number of schools you’re applying to. It gets repetitive and annoying for your recommend her to keep filling out these forms and they will naturally tend to do it right before the deadline. You may have a much better boss 😎
The questions to ask about personal piece of advice has seem to have remained over the years. It’s been around for quite a while. Some programs also asked to rate you versus your peers and how your performance compares to others but not all.
https://www.gmac.com/-/media/files/gmac ... B8F8701A28
Here’s the latest form and it has two questions. In my experience most only ask one to reduce the burden on the recommender and that is the advice given question. YMMV.
Posted from my mobile device
