Can I use the same ones? Or do I go back to the same profs again later? Or do I try to get new ones from new profs?
2007-03-20 17:11:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
When an applicant is denied admission to a graduate program, that program sends back all application materials to the Graduate School, where they are filed or destroyed.
When a student reapplies, s/he therefore must get new letters.
Because students who intend to reapply usually spend the interim year improving their resumes (gaining new language skills, more lab experience, taking additional courses, etc.), this information must be transmitted to the recommenders, and the recommenders must write new letters, hopefully incorporating any new information about the candidate that they find to be relevant and appropriate.
If you suspect the letters of rec that were sent the first time you applied might have been weak, you might ask those recommenders what they think you might do in this intervening year in order to become a stronger candidate.
2007-03-20 17:47:59 · answer #1 · answered by X 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they can be the same ones, but if your prof has something new to say, you might ask them to write another.
2007-03-21 00:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New ones are always better: but the old ones will do, if the rejection is not due to the rec's!
2007-03-21 00:20:43 · answer #3 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋