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as the requestor, prepare sample letter for the writer A slightly less presumptuous version of this strategy is to provide a bullet list of things they may lik
by imurray 15y ago
as the requestor, prepare sample letter for the writer
A slightly less presumptuous version of this strategy is to provide a bullet list of things they may like to include in a letter. When I'm writing letters I usually ask students for such a list. I wouldn't really want them to draft the whole letter.
- scott_s 15y agoSome do, though. Not in my case, but some other professors in my old department asked one of my fellow students to provide a letter. They presumably edited it, but they definitely wanted it as a starting point. I agree it can be an odd thing if the professor does not request it, so it's probably best to only do it on request.