Re: advice for starting grad school?

[Kathi Jan Knill <Kathi -dot- Knill -at- TEMPLATE -dot- COM>]

In those situations, many schools accept letters from recent
employers.  I would call the admission's office and explain your
situation.  I am sure each school has different work arounds.

----- Original Message -----
From: Backer, Corinne <CBacker -at- GLHEC -dot- ORG>
To: <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: advice for starting grad school?


| 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.\\
| >
| >
|
|
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