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10 Jan 2012, 05:06
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Hi guys, I just want to ask whether any of you asks for a recommendation form community service. Or do you think UCLA only favors LOR from working setting? Thanks!
kidchaos
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Affiliations: Volunteer Operation Smile India, Creative Head of College IEEE branch (2009-10), Chief Editor College Magazine (2009), Finance Head College Magazine (2008)
Location: India
WE2: Entrepreneur (E-commerce - The Laptop Skin Vault)
Concentration: Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Kellogg '14 (D) Stern '14 (D) Haas '14 (D) CBS '15 (D) Boston U '15 (M$) Goizueta '15 (D) Kenan-Flagler '15 (A)
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
WE:Marketing (Other)
Schools: Kellogg '14 (D) Stern '14 (D) Haas '14 (D) CBS '15 (D) Boston U '15 (M$) Goizueta '15 (D) Kenan-Flagler '15 (A)
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
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10 Jan 2012, 05:58
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Ok to be clear, my job is kind of my community service as well (I work for an non-profit and volunteer with them as well) so my recos fortunately include both.
Having said that I think that if you think that your community service experience is substantial (i.e you have worked with a non-profit for a while and/or worked on some significant projects) I would say go for a community service reco. But just make sure to explain to your recommender that they need to highlight your personal and professional attributes.
I don't think any school has any problem with recos from community service as long as they actually add value to your application since it highlights yet another aspect of who you are. It is for you to judge how much value is added to your app by the reco. For eg if you have done a not-so-significant project but your recommender waxes eloquent it may not reflect well since the adcoms can usually see through that when they compare it to your resume.
Just my $.02
To those admitted - has your status updated to show what documents (official transcript, background check form, etc) you need to provide? They were supposed to start posting them on Jan 5 but my status remains unchanged...
