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Posting here as a new topic so experienced and knowledgeable folks can respond.
I am running into a serious recommendation issue for which it'd be happy to hear real opinions. US residents who have gone through this process during their college admissions may have a more realistic/practical view of the above. So such individuals who have a confident opinion due to their ug admission successes about the above, please share. Their viewpoint would help.
From my years of experience in semiconductor industry, I feel that very few hitech engineering managers can write a good rec for b-schools on their own.
1) How many engineering applicants have seen or actually drafted at least part of the rec for recommender... Now c'mon guys be honest!
I know some who openly said they wrote the whole rec, and they're at top b schools.
2) All the major admin consulting companies say you should really get your recommenders a lot of text (from my first hand experience, can pm me if you want to know details). If a known admin consulting company is saying that then it's gotta be a lot widespread than people think.
3) I've heard various opinions (all different) about how long a rec letter should be (for schools that dont specify a limit like Wharton). For example, wharton this year has 5 questions. Do experienced people or wharton students think 1000 words total is long enough for most schools?
thank you
firsttimer2
I am running into a serious recommendation issue for which it'd be happy to hear real opinions. US residents who have gone through this process during their college admissions may have a more realistic/practical view of the above. So such individuals who have a confident opinion due to their ug admission successes about the above, please share. Their viewpoint would help.
From my years of experience in semiconductor industry, I feel that very few hitech engineering managers can write a good rec for b-schools on their own.
1) How many engineering applicants have seen or actually drafted at least part of the rec for recommender... Now c'mon guys be honest!
I know some who openly said they wrote the whole rec, and they're at top b schools.
2) All the major admin consulting companies say you should really get your recommenders a lot of text (from my first hand experience, can pm me if you want to know details). If a known admin consulting company is saying that then it's gotta be a lot widespread than people think.
3) I've heard various opinions (all different) about how long a rec letter should be (for schools that dont specify a limit like Wharton). For example, wharton this year has 5 questions. Do experienced people or wharton students think 1000 words total is long enough for most schools?
thank you
firsttimer2
