Recommendations

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Posted Jun 21, 2010 23:11

Hi,

I have been out of school for 6 years now. I don't think any of my old professors remember me that well. I'm not even sure it makes sense to have them recommend me - I mean - I don't have a business degree and I never interacted with them in a business context.

I can get stellar recs from my boss and the VP of my division. I can also get a great rec from a friend who founded a very successful consultancy (he is currently working in the public sector, though).

Do those sound like good choices?

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ralph

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Posted Jun 23, 2010 16:52

Professional recommendations are strongly preferred over academic recommendations.

And LBS wants two as well, and they want one from your current employer (or colleague) - and somebody else who knows you from a "work context."

I think that really the only reasons you'd need academic letters is if you're just out of school or if the MBA program specifically requires them.

What schools are you looking at? Generally across the board schools don't even want academic letters of recommendations if you've been out of school for that long, and most simply prefer work-related recs over school ones. For instance, NYU Stern says that for the two that they require:

<blockquote>Professional recommendations are strongly preferred over academic recommendations.</blockquote>

And LBS wants two as well, and they want one from your current employer (or colleague) - and somebody else who knows you from a "work context."

I think that really the only reasons you'd need academic letters is if you're just out of school or if the MBA program specifically requires them.

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