Hi,
I'm having a lot of trouble thinking of a peer recommender for my Stanford application. I've had two jobs since college and at both I've been the most junior person and the only one at my level. The last time I worked in a team that wasn't vertically organized was in college. I still keep in touch with some of my college "peers" and I know that a good friend would write great things about me. However, this would be somewhat outdated.
I've also done community service work, but since I moved recently I haven't been involved in the projects for very long. I don't think these people would be able to write very good recommendations.
SO my question is this: is it better to use a college friend, who would only be able to talk about college projects, or someone more relevant but who'd write kind of a thin recommendation? Alternatively, do you think it would be worth waiting until 2nd round to apply, by which time I assume I'll have built a deeper relationship with my community service peers / done more significant work?
Thanks!
Samantha
I'm having a lot of trouble thinking of a peer recommender for my Stanford application. I've had two jobs since college and at both I've been the most junior person and the only one at my level. The last time I worked in a team that wasn't vertically organized was in college. I still keep in touch with some of my college "peers" and I know that a good friend would write great things about me. However, this would be somewhat outdated.
I've also done community service work, but since I moved recently I haven't been involved in the projects for very long. I don't think these people would be able to write very good recommendations.
SO my question is this: is it better to use a college friend, who would only be able to talk about college projects, or someone more relevant but who'd write kind of a thin recommendation? Alternatively, do you think it would be worth waiting until 2nd round to apply, by which time I assume I'll have built a deeper relationship with my community service peers / done more significant work?
Thanks!
Samantha
