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

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.
• [00:02:12.027] (tranquil music)
• [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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