Recommendation Letter trouble

HereWeGo2
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:18:54 +0000

Call or visit the office of the poly sci prof on Tuesday (assuming Jan 2 is a holiday at your school). IMO, it does not matter if the recommendation comes from someone at your school or not - professors move, change jobs, go on sabbatical, whatever. As long as they know your work and can speak 1st-hand about you.

Also, folks in the math/stats department in your school probably can advise what they think their counterparts will look for in recommendations for graduate study.