c*********d
发帖数: 218 | 1 请教：是找有名气但对自己不熟的老教授，还是找刚毕业不久但在自己dissertation
committee的新junior faculty 写reference letter?
也就是说找人写推荐信哪个因素最重要？：
* 有名
* 对自己熟
* 与advisor熟
or, others |
b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | |
j****s
发帖数: 156 | |
I**********8
发帖数: 292 | |
w****r
发帖数: 1384 | 5 自己老板肯定是少不了的
即使你没找他（们）写，你新老板也可能会给你老老板打电话问的，
【在 c*********d 的大作中提到】
: 请教：是找有名气但对自己不熟的老教授，还是找刚毕业不久但在自己dissertation
: committee的新junior faculty 写reference letter?
: 也就是说找人写推荐信哪个因素最重要？：
: * 有名
: * 对自己熟
: * 与advisor熟
: or, others
|
b*********g
发帖数: 90 | 6 Your advisor has to write one for you. Hopefully, the letters can portray
you from different perspectives: like one would emphasize your research, one
would emphasize your teaching, and one would portray you as a person with
good personality...so on and so forth. It is important to find some one who
can portray you in a very positive way. That is my opinion. I would not
prefer to use a letter who talked about me in a very neutral way (like he or
she only knew me during a couple occasions and tal |
w**********0
发帖数: 121 | 7 how do i know if someone is going to write a strong letter for me?
especially for famous people who won't say explicitly that he is going to
write a strong letter. |
b*********g
发帖数: 90 | 8 I think it is fine to have one letter from a famous professor if you can
find one. That type of professor may have very neutral comments about your.
However, based on my experiences, the sites would like to see letters from
professors who know you pretty well. They want to hire some one that they
have to work for years. If I was a chair, I would never want to hire some
one who can do high-quality research, but has very harsh personality to work
with. For 3 to 4 letters, at least 2-3 of them shou |
