Tips and Guidelines, for Academic LOR (Letter of Recommendation):
Hello everyone, as we all know an LOR plays a vital role while applying to different Universities. In this article, I have tried my best to explain to you about academia LORs based on my personal experiences.
The following points should be kept in mind while drafting or selecting a Professor in order to get a Letter of Recommendation:
1. An LOR must be written on the Official Letterhead of the University/College.
2. The Date mentioned on the LOR should not be older than 3 months.
3. It should have the Referee’s signature on it.
4. It should also have the Referee’s official (university’s) email address (don't mention personal email ID such as Gmail, Yahoo, etc. ), contact number along with the ISD code, and their official address.
5. Don't approach Referees only because of their higher designation like Dean, HOD, and so on who never taught you even a single subject. However, the referee should be someone who has been teaching you for a long or under whom you have done your academic projects (Project Supervisor). So that in the LOR he/she can actually and specifically elucidate your skill set and character rather than generalized statements.
6. Try to contact those Professors who taught you your favorite subjects, so that a coherency can be observed by the admission committee by seeing your LOR, SOP, and CV.
7. Along with the Official Letterhead, a rubber stamp of the respective department/professor would make your LOR unique from most of the candidates, however, it is not necessary.
8. Length of the LOR should be somewhere between 300 to 400 words within a single page.
9. An LOR should also consist of a few weak areas of the applicant, but in a constructive manner.
10. An LOR should explain the relationship between the candidate and the recommender.
11. Comparisons on an academic and non-academic level from batchmates should also be there.
I have received several admits from decent Universities in the US, UK, and Canada with the help of the aforementioned points.
If you have any additional queries, feel free to drop them in the comment box below and I will be happy to resolve them.
I hope this helps you. Best of luck!
Thanks and Best Regards
Mohammad Yahiya Khan
Mentor at Yocket
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