Waive right to read LoR

xdarthveganx
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:10:43 +0000

A lot of people don’t realize this, but not all “letters of recommendation” say good things about you. One of the faculty members im close with suggests asking along the lines of "would you feel comfortable writing me a good / positive letter of recommendation.

It seems kind of crazy that someone would agree to write one for you and then say bad things about you, but apparently it happens. This faculty member has been working at the university level for 20+ years and has seen this happen more than once.