brainstorming for the LOCI now…he hasn’t had any new awards and the senior awards night won’t be for another two months. we can definitely emphasize interest, but i was wondering if y’all think asking one of the LOR writers to reach out to admissions and emphasize her support for his candidacy/his interest would be a good idea. she is harvard faculty in the natural/health sciences (non tenure-track though) who is also the mother of one of his close friends and the research he did was partially supervised by her, so she can speak to his strengths both academically and as a community member, friend, teammate, etc. i know generally recommender interactions with AOs aren’t necessarily a good thing, but was wondering if it could be different in this scenario as a higher-level (not time capped; can dm the specific title) but non-tenure track faculty at the school. obviously would not ask her to reach out to nyu or emory, haha.