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by jagscool » Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:56 am
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Can you please let me know what kind of references we should use in our application . Does both the refernces needs to be some person under whom we have worked or it can be a relative also who is working in some premier organization within United States . Also , In the rules it is mentioned that you neeed full contact details of the references . Do you people call and check the authenticity of the refernces ? The reason I am asking is I work in an IT company in India and my project manager is there in US but by the time my application is submitted and if you contact my manager , she may come to India also and her contact details will thus change . Please shed some light on these concerns.

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by beatthegmat » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:51 am
The references can be any person that you think can provide strength to your application. It can be coworkers, bosses, family members--we prefer professional relationships, but it's up to you.

And yes we do need to have full contact information to verify claims in the applications, if needed.

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by gmat740 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:15 pm
Names of two references: include full contact information and description of relationship to you
Hello Eric,

Do the references have to write a recommendation letter also or only their contact information is required.

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by beatthegmat » Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:32 pm
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Names of two references: include full contact information and description of relationship to you
Hello Eric,

Do the references have to write a recommendation letter also or only their contact information is required.

Thanks
No recommendation letters! We only need contact info.
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by gmat740 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:58 pm
Thanks Eric.

I am currently student,so can I provide My Faculty as a reference?

Name,Phone number, e-mail id, Office Address. Anything else to be included in the contact info.
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by beatthegmat » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:38 am
gmat740 wrote:Thanks Eric.

I am currently student,so can I provide My Faculty as a reference?

Name,Phone number, e-mail id, Office Address. Anything else to be included in the contact info.
That's fine, thanks.
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by lstephens8 » Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:21 am
what kind of claims within the application does the reference need to verify???
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by beatthegmat » Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:57 pm
Sorry about the late reply, didn't see this message since it's in last year's scholarship forum.

To answer your question, lstephens8--it depends on the reference. If the person is a coworker, then we may try to validate any claims about your work with that person. If it is a friend or family member, then we may validate some other parts of your application that are pertinent.

Hope that answers your question, and hope you apply!
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