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15 Aug 2019, 04:16
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Hi All,
I am trying to apply to colleges in R1/R2 this year. I work in a startup whose CTO was supposed to be my recommender. But he just left the company a couple of weeks back to start his own startup. Which also means, that currently, he has only his gmail ID to recommend me. So two questions here:
1. Is it looked down upon to have someone recommend me who has left the startup, of which he was the CTO, to start his own venture? I mean, will the admission committee have doubts about the startup itself?
2. Secondly, will a recommendation by an ex-boss look bad?
I am sorry if the questions look trivial.
Thanks in advance for the answers
Aishik.
I am trying to apply to colleges in R1/R2 this year. I work in a startup whose CTO was supposed to be my recommender. But he just left the company a couple of weeks back to start his own startup. Which also means, that currently, he has only his gmail ID to recommend me. So two questions here:
1. Is it looked down upon to have someone recommend me who has left the startup, of which he was the CTO, to start his own venture? I mean, will the admission committee have doubts about the startup itself?
2. Secondly, will a recommendation by an ex-boss look bad?
I am sorry if the questions look trivial.
Thanks in advance for the answers
Aishik.
15 Aug 2019, 08:16
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Hi. Usually you get 2 recommendations (though some schools have moved down to 1) due to these situations happening fairly frequently where you worked a year or two with one supervisor and then 6 months with another. I think it is totally fine to have this individual submit a rec letter for you with their gmail address. They can outline some of the details of their transition in the section of the LOR where it asks about "your relationship to the applicant"
Here is what Ross's standard/guideline is:
You can also use the optional essay to write a short paragraph explaining this situation to the adcom if that's all explaining you have to do
Good luck with the applications!
P.S. Your profile shows you got admitted to ISB earlier? You not going?
Here is what Ross's standard/guideline is:
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https://michiganross.umich.edu/graduate ... quirements
You can also use the optional essay to write a short paragraph explaining this situation to the adcom if that's all explaining you have to do
Good luck with the applications!
P.S. Your profile shows you got admitted to ISB earlier? You not going?
15 Aug 2019, 10:04
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If I can jump in here bb. To be honest, it is quite frowned upon to have a recommender with a GMAIL address because there is no way for them to know this person worked with you at the company and it isn't your little brother helping you out. if you do it, make sure there is another recommender with a business email. My rule for GMAIL is if we have to go that route, that this recommender have a public Linked In profile so adcom can collaborate their claims/show they are legit in so much as that is possible.
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