Waive right to read LoR

bookworm
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:14:54 +0000

I never saw UG recoms for grad school, but did see a grad school recommendation for internship. His was 3 pages. During the year I worked with him, once I was upset about my MO’s death. He wrote a whole paragraph about that. Though everything else was positive, that one PP would have ruined me. I got another letter ASAP.

My rm/mt worked with this man for years. She too had several PPs that told intimate struggles with her b/f.

When confronted, this prof said he felt compelled to reveal something negative about every applicant. I told him he was totally out of line and missing the point. His wife divorced him and he was let go of his position within a few years. He was naive, but I have always wondered how much harm he did to grad students.