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Managing Recommenders [#permalink] New post   12 Oct 2010, 14:13
I think the worst part of this whole process is managing my recommenders! I feel like a micro-manager....except I have no authority and nothing to offer them. Trying to find the balance between motivating them to finish it up already and not being a nuisance is tough. Especially since they both seem to think that submitting within 24 hours of the deadline is the way its done.

Man, I need a vacation.
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Re: Managing Recommenders [#permalink] New post   12 Oct 2010, 14:14
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cheese with that whine?
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Re: Managing Recommenders [#permalink] New post   12 Oct 2010, 14:34
kigs wrote:
cheese with that whine?


Wow, that one really stung. +1 for you buddy
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Re: Managing Recommenders [#permalink] New post   12 Oct 2010, 17:15
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I think the worst part of this whole process is managing my recommenders! I feel like a micro-manager....except I have no authority and nothing to offer them. Trying to find the balance between motivating them to finish it up already and not being a nuisance is tough. Especially since they both seem to think that submitting within 24 hours of the deadline is the way its done.

Man, I need a vacation.


Haha.. 24 hours is actually pretty good I think.. mine submitted it within the last SIX hours! You can imagine the stress I went through the hours leading up to finally seeing the "submitted" status online.
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Re: Managing Recommenders [#permalink] New post   12 Oct 2010, 21:12
i totally agree. i would like some cheese as well.
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Re: Managing Recommenders [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2010, 07:53
it's good to know I wasn't the only one who went through this (and would be going through it again for my pending applications). For my 1st application, I actually thought my boss didn't submit and I went off to sleep feeling sad and a little angry. The next day for some reason I went back to the website and saw it had been submitted!

Now I've to apply to McCombs and have reminded my evaluators twice that it's on a rolling basis, but still none of them have submitted. Waiting till Monday to remind again. I think LORs should be made optional since they don't serve much purpose anyway.
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Re: Managing Recommenders [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2010, 08:02
risin1phoenix wrote:
it's good to know I wasn't the only one who went through this (and would be going through it again for my pending applications). For my 1st application, I actually thought my boss didn't submit and I went off to sleep feeling sad and a little angry. The next day for some reason I went back to the website and saw it had been submitted!

Now I've to apply to McCombs and have reminded my evaluators twice that it's on a rolling basis, but still none of them have submitted. Waiting till Monday to remind again. I think LORs should be made optional since they don't serve much purpose anyway.


My one rec has missed 3 out of 4 deadlines so far. Luckily admissions has agreed to accept his rec as long as it was "near" the deadline. Four schools in two weeks was a little aggressive on my part, but my rec is just one of those last minute guys unless its his butt in the sling. That said, I'm sure he wrote me amazing recommendations, so it should all work out in the end.

No more mba anything for me over the weekend. I'm unplugging for a couple days.
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