Letter of Reference

Professor_X
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:39:12 +0000

MWFN is precisely correct. I’ve read hundreds of letters of recommendation, and the majority are NOT puffery. I know my colleagues, and they know me, and their reputations would be damaged if they wrote letters that turned out to be falsifications or exaggerations.

And as MWFN has stated, there are many, many ways to communicate reservations about a student’s suitability for my program, and professors know perfectly well how to do that.