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Subject:Re: advice for starting grad school? From:"Backer, Corinne" <CBacker -at- GLHEC -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:30:14 -0500
On this note, the grad TW program I'm thinking of applying to has a
requirement that one of the rec letters has to be from an undergraduate
professor. Background: I've been out of undergraduate school for roughly
forever, and didn't major in tech writing anyway.
How would you handle this?
Thanks
Corinne
\\Long story short: When I applied to grad school, I had people of
various
> educational/occupational backgrounds write letters of recommendation for
> me
> under the guise that if I could impress these people, I was worth my
> weight
> in overpriced textbooks at Grad School U.\\
>
\\Having bosses/deans/company presidents draft a letter of
recommendation for
> you is a good thing, even if the letter writer isn't King of the Mountain
> in
> his or her field. Any support or fanfare is better than none.\\
>
>
