Letter of Reference

ilikedrit
Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:40:49 +0000

^ That’s the point. Most letters are overwhelmingly positive to the degree of significant exaggeration, and everyone realizes that most letters are significantly exaggerated. However, the true degree of exaggeration is unknown. The degree of exaggeration could be 0 but the extreme likelihood is that it is a fair amount higher than 0. Both this fact and the uncertainty regarding the level of exaggeration should realistically render LORs impractical in the eyes of adcomms, yet they continue using them.