How long should letters of recommendations for grad school be?
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Most of the letters I wrote for students were about 3/4 of a page.  Some of those students got into top five law schools and the top ranked MBA program. \n\nThe letter that got me into my PhD program at Berkeley was only a half page long.
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It depends on how large of an audience you sent the piece to, and what kind of response time that you requested on it.\n\nAlso, how did you send the cards? If you sent them as post card rate, they usually take a little longer (+2 to 5 days) to get to the location than a first-class letter.\n\nThe message on the piece will dictate the response time, also. If it is a limited-time offer, people will respond quicker than if there is no deadline.\n\nWhenever I do a mail-out, I add my name to the mailing list - that way, I have some idea when it's getting to my audience.
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Regular mail - 4 to 6 days\n\nPriority mail - 2 days\n\nOvernight - 1 day
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Lesser time than GMail, I guess!\nSeriously, I think 6 to 15 months
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You don't download those.  You ask someone to write it for you.  I don't think you are clear on the concept of what a letter of recommendation is.
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I think it depends on how much your workload is. But most programs are about 2 years in length.
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I don't think there is a limit - my friend applied Stanford 4 times before getting into the Masters program.  So keep trying!
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Personally, 2 weeks\n\nI treat uni's like a job application, if they don't contact me in 2 weeks I come a knockin.\n\nHey if you get denied you can always ask why and then do better the next go
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writing a recommendation letter can sometimes be time consuming, because you want it to be a good represetation of that individual. First thing is to find out as much information about the person. you have to really know the person in order to write a recommendation.of course you want to emphasize the important and good side ot that person. hope this helps
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About 6-7 days, you should have already gotten the letter or get it by saturday.
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It is not a resume. It is an application. Applications contain more than one part to it. Some of it is just checking boxes and writing stuff in like "what is your GPA" and "What is your gender". But usually you need a Statement of Purpose (name varies from school to school) and recommendation letters. Statement of purpose should be about 1 or 2 pages.
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You will DEFINITELY want to send two from your professors.   However, you should also add one from an employer.\n\nLaw school admissions committees will be extremely suspicious if you only produce one letter regarding your academic abilities.
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Well, I recently applied and was accepted to grad school for a different program...but I do have advice about the application process. First if you haven't picked the schools you would like to apply to you should research the programs offered in your area    (or where ever you want to go) and compare them. Consider if there are any advantages of one over the other. Read everything you can find online about your program-all the requirements, class descriptions-schedules of previous semesters- anything that will fit best with you. I reccommend applying to atleast 3 if possible. Start early on your applications as there may be more than one per school. Make sure you have someone read and edit your personal statement/statement of purpose and also ask for your references as early as you can.\n\nYou should also make sure the school is accredited. Schools online and other University of ----- whatevers may not be accredited. You also may want to consider the size of the school, its acceptance rate and the percentage of students who have a similar GPA to what you had as an undergrad. This helps you choose a school at a level where you can do your best.\n\nCongrats on graduating and starting your new chapter in life. I wish you all the best!\n\nOh also, I did not take any time off. I am starting school this fall and graduating next weekend. I just wanted to keep the momentum-for me if I am out too long I will get used to working and not having to go to school and also I wanted to get it done! But many people take time off if the are unsure about a program, need to work to save up or many other reasons-both are entirely ok.
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Before writing your letter, you might consider checking with a local attorney.  Most states already have laws that require a minimum notice period and 10 days is pretty common as a minimum notice period.
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Importance of Recommendations depends on three factors:\n\n1.The program for which you are applying.\n2.Your aim for applying.\n3.The university you are considering for application.\n\nIf you are having research experience and are applying for a research program or a Research Assistantships than recommendations play an important part.\nSimilarly for Teaching Assistantships.\n\nIf you are considering a top ranked program then also recommendations play an important part. \n\nCorollary of this is your  recommendor's credentials should be impeccable.The recommendations should site some   specific experiences and should not be generic in nature.\n\nAccording to a recent Survey following factors play an important part in an application mix.\n1.Academics\n2.Standardized Test Scores\n3.Recommendations\n4.Essay\n\nAll are important ingredients of the application mix.\n\nI have not mentioned TOEFL because it has a different role to play. For\nadmission if you have a decent TOEFL score it is sufficient.Every university\nor even a program specifies a minimum TOEFL score. If you meet it along with\ngood credentials it is enough.\nHowever it does not imply that if one has  a high TOEFL score it does not\nhave a positive affect on ones application.\nAmong the other credentials the importance of each depends  on the rank of\nthe university you are applying. For Top Universities Academics is more\nimportant and second weightage is given to GRE.As we go down the ranks\nimportance of academics goes on shrinking and GRE starts playing more\nimportant role. This is for a normal student.\nBy my saying this I am not decrying the role of other items in the\napplication  mix i.e. Recos and Essay.\nSufficient it to say that the importance of each item depends on each\nindividuals circumstances.\n\nIf you have a low GRE score it is important that you have good academics.To\nsome extent the negative impact of low GRE score can be balanced by a high\nacademic score.\nThe importance of high academics can be realized when you note that while\nyou can dispense  with low GRE score by taking the test again you cannot\novercome with low academics.\n\nSimilarly if you have low academic score you can be excused to some extent \nfor this by scoring high in GRE. Along with this you should be able to\npresent your case well in your SOP and your Recos should also support your case.\n\nThus you will see from the above that\n\nThe active ingredient in the application mix are\n1. GPA\n2.GRE / GMAT/ SAT\n\nThe supporting ingredients are\n3.RECOS\n4.SOP\n\nThe dormant ingredient is\n5. TOEFL.\nTOEFL comes to play when there is a tie.\n\nIn the case of Business Studies experience is another important aspect. More of it later.\nThe importance of each lies with your circumstances and your choice of a program.\n\nYou can find more details at \nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/ADMISSIONSOURCE/\n\nGood Luck\nNBS
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A college recommendation is more of a means of giving the university a better idea of your personal character. Your resume and application speak miles about your achievements, but they don't say much about your personality and character. That's where college recommendation letters come in.\n\nA good recommendation should include your work attitude and work ethic, specific details about your personality, your creative talents in class or work, and other things that only people who have worked with you could know. It should say something about your character and the type of person you are.
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search for the particular program that you want in the school of your choice and under the admissions section it will tell you whether the GRE is required for that program. I would say that i would take around 2 months to get fully prepared for GRE - there are ALOT of vocabulary words that you need to memorize and get alot of experience with.