Master's in Speech-Language Pathology: Letters of Recommendation FAQ

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Faculty from Nebraska's Speech-Language Pathology program answer common questions about the letters of recommendation that are required with an application to the graduate program.

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[00:00:10.410]Well, you wanna make a plan early enough
[00:00:12.960]'cause you wanna give your recommender
[00:00:14.850]plenty of time to put their thoughts on paper.
[00:00:17.990]So, probably around September or October.
[00:00:20.620]Important things.
[00:00:22.070]When you go into ask that person for a recommendation,
[00:00:25.430]you wanna ask if they can write you
[00:00:27.030]a strong letter of recommendation
[00:00:29.930]and then you wanna be able to give them information
[00:00:33.150]they need, perhaps, a copy of your current resume or vitae,
[00:00:38.160]maybe a personal statement if you've got that.
[00:00:42.080]Then you wanna give them information
[00:00:44.110]about where to send the letter,
[00:00:45.690]if there's a link to that, where that should go for that.
[00:00:49.770]And, most importantly, give them deadlines.
[00:00:53.910]Now, who should I ask for those letters of recommendation?
[00:00:58.660]That's a good question.
[00:01:00.910]You're applying for graduate school so you want
[00:01:04.640]someone who can speak to your ability
[00:01:07.460]to handle the rigor of graduate study
[00:01:10.110]or research position or clinical work.
[00:01:13.300]So, someone who knows you.
[00:01:15.710]Also, maybe if you've got a unique skill set,
[00:01:17.840]someone who could speak to that skill set.
[00:01:21.000]This is probably not the time to ask
[00:01:24.133]a person that you've babysat for for a long time
[00:01:27.160]or a personal friend, or even your pastor.
[00:01:30.640]Needs to be more of an academic type of recommendation.
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[00:01:39.270]UNL requires three letters of recommendation
[00:01:42.270]and we don't allow any more than those three.
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[00:01:50.440]The applicant enters the contact information
[00:01:53.640]for their letter writer and then the system
[00:01:56.440]will contact the letter writer and have them send
[00:02:00.180]their information via email.
[00:02:03.150]If that person does not send their letter for some reason,
[00:02:07.200]then the applicant has the ability
[00:02:09.630]to edit the contact information.
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[00:02:17.690]You don't have to but we recommend that you do.
[00:02:20.670]This allows the letter writer to be completely honest
[00:02:23.890]and it also signifies that you trust
[00:02:25.510]what they're writing about you.
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