Transfer Letter of Rec Content

Transfer Students
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<p>I asked an adjunct for a letter of rec for my transfer app. He asked about content in a general sense. What should I tell him I want for content?</p>

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<p>This is for MIT fr admissions, but college LORs are similar:</p>

<p><a href=“How to write good letters of recommendation | MIT Admissions”>http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/writingrecs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In addition, college recs might cover things like career goals, NT routes to college, etc. if applicable.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I have a second question to add to this. I need to get two letters of recommendation, and I don’t know any of my professors well. Being at a large state school, most of my classes are large, all 60+ students. Is it ok to ask a professor for a rec if they know my name but not much else? I have done ok in most of my classes, but its hard to get to know professors and some just know my name-to-face.</p>

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<p>That may be all you can do. </p>

<p>Do you know any of your TAs well? If so, you’d need to first check the websites for the schools you’re applying to and be sure a TA is OK. If not, you could see if a TA could write the LOR and the prof sign off on it.</p>