Unanswered Questions
52 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Professor submitted my letter of recommendation after I removed him
I had sent a reminder to the professor for submitting my letter of recommendation about two days before the deadline, but he didn't reply to me. He was highly unresponsive after initially agreeing. As ...
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Career advice: How to move on in academia after a negative PhD experience?
I am post-PhD and I am really struggling with the job search phase of my career. My PhD took me almost a decade to finish, with time off, because after successfully completing all of the requirements ...
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Ideal contents of a reference letter for PhDs seeking industry jobs
The majority of PhD holders do not stay on in academia, but rather move on to jobs in industry far away from the area of their PhDs. Given that the content of the PhD is not directly relevant (the ...
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Is It Appropriate to Provide a Professor's Assistant's Email in the Application System?
I'm currently in the process of applying to a graduate program and have a question regarding the submission of recommendation letters.
I have a professor who has agreed to provide a recommendation ...
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Are NSF GFRP recommenders updated on the status of the application?
I applied for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and was curious if my letter-writers will receive updates of my acceptance or refusal at the same time I do or if they hear anything at all after ...
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Asking for a letter medical school letter of recommendation from a class you failed, retook, and got an A in?
I failed one of my classes (E and M) and during the subsequent retake got an A. I was considering asking the professor for a letter of recommendation because I think the episode shows my willingness ...
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Reference letter in a .txt file
My supervisor wrote me a reference letter in .txt file with the following format:
Reference for My Name
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Bla bla bla
Also no "Yours sincerely" with his name ...
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Bad Relationship with Master's Supervisor: Missing Reference
I'm in the situation that I'm completing my master's research degree and I'm in the process of applying to several applied mathematics / computational science programs.
Here's me complaining:
I do ...
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Strategies for postdoc/tenure-track reference letter requests
Each individual seeking academic positions has to go through applications several times during each year they are applying. In Math the average might be around a hundred positions and this process is ...
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Help writing a follow-up letter asking a professor to act as an academic reference
I need your help on how to write a follow-up letter requesting a professor to act as an academic reference.
I wrote to the professor a couple of weeks ago but so far I have not had any response. The ...
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Advice about letters of recommendation for Phd application
I'm a relatively old student (29F) Currently applying for PhD positions in ecology, mainly in Europe.
Many applications encourage adding 3 letters of recommendation. I have two solid ones related to ...
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Choosing Recommenders for Physics Graduate Applications
I am applying for physics graduate programs. For context, the graduate programs I am applying to require three letters of recommendation and most of them do not allow more letters.
I have several ...
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How much weight does previous research experience carry for an admit to MS in computer science?
I don’t have publications from research projects or internships. However, my letters of recommendation may state about my research experience. I am applying to universities in the USA. I have all the ...
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A professor offered to write me a letter of recommendation, but he's now retired and unresponsive. Should I still contact him?
I took a class with a professor who was very impressed with my assignments, to the point where he asked for me to stop by his office and discuss my potential career in writing. During this appointment,...
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Not sure when exactly will be applying for a PhD (and what program) - is it a good idea to ask for letters of recommendation now?
I graduated last year (MEng) and since have been working in an office software development job. I figured that I want to start pursuing research, in order to contribute most to the issues I care about ...
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