She Excels at Procrastination

[the_pending]

Grad school update: the letters of recommendation portion of the process is going well. So far, I've had one positively glowing response to my request for an academic reference, and another offer to (drumroll) let me write the recommendation letter myself.
Which is an incredible boon, because I don't have to worry about what the letter says... And

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[xioley]

The strangest responses I had when I asked people for rec's were one professor suggested that I talk to someone whose class I had been in (um...I was an active student in their class, but I decided that trying to remind her about me was more trouble than it would be worth), and another person wrote my letter (handwritten), but he asked me to type it. I guess however ridiculous it gets, you do what you need to do.

[the_pending]

Wow. That's a "back away slowly" response if I ever heard one. The typing one is weird, but not quite as bad.

[the_pending]

This is pretty much the greatest suggestion ever.

[mrvoid]

there's no way around the fact that unless you're an ego-maniac, writing a 3rd-person letter about how awesome you are is weird.

Dan's never found it weird.

[the_pending]

Fancy that. :}

[jabberwockeyes]

Dude...seriously go hogwild

"I've never meet a student who has set the bar so high for other archeology students... She has revolutionized the industry and it would be a travesty if you do not admit her into your program." :)

[the_pending]

Keep in mind that I do need to send this to the person for a final review, so I do have to reel it in a little... But tempting. Veeery tempting. :)