Instructions for requesting letters of recommendation

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Please write to me at least three weeks in advance of the first deadline to ask if I can write a letter for you. If I agree to write, please send me

• an unofficial transcript
• a resume
• (optional) a draft of a cover letter or personal statement if you think it will help me write a better letter
• a link to a shared google spreadsheet (to which you have given me edit privileges) containing
  • a list of each program you are applying to
  • mode of submission (an email address or a note stating that I'll receive a submission link)
  • the due date
  • a column where I can check off the ones that I have submitted

Please try to send links to me either all at once or in large batches so I am not chasing down many links over several months. I'll upload letters once a week, so please get links to me at least a week in advance of your deadline. Links that come in a day or two before a deadline may result in a late letter submission.

If I have not checked off a letter as submitted a week before it is due, please send me an email reminder. If you add to your spreadsheet after I have submitted all of the letters originally requested, please send me an email as I don't get a note when you edit the spreadsheet and won't know there are more to do.

Finally, let me know how it goes and what you decide to do!