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by dkn2101 » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:53 am
I was wondering about the format for the recommendations to Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Columbia, and Yale SOM.

For instance, Harvard's recommendation seems to be a form with four separate questions and four separate text boxes for responses. Stanford seems to be the same. HOWEVER, I've also read information that says things like "recommendations should be no more than 4 pages in length, double spaced."

My question is whether letters of recommendation can be submitted as one actual "letter," or if the recommenders get a link to a question form (similar to a survey) where they have to answer distinct questions separately...?

Does this vary from school to school?
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by bingo » Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:08 am
I think most schools have specific questions for recommenders, even if you can't see the questions on the website they are available on the online recommendation system which your recommenders can see.
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by Jon@Admissionado » Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:51 am
For the most part they are expected to answer the actual questions asked by the school, and it is preferable they do this, because you want to at least show that the recommenders care about you enough to take the time to do this for you.
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by olimpic » Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:21 am
Another option is having the recommender writing a general letter that answers all the questions.
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by kjallow » Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:19 pm
if a recommender chooses to upload a letter instead of providing filling out the form, should the letter then include the questions or just the responses to the questions?
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