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In every course I receive several requests for reference letters from students. To make things clear, the following is my policy regarding reference letters: | In every course I receive several requests for reference letters from students. To make things clear, the following is my policy regarding reference letters: | ||
- | (Template for undergradautes who took my PSYC3052/ | + | (Template for undergradautes |
I generally do not give personalized reference letters for large fundamental undergraduate courses (e.g., PSYC2020), because the course structure does not allow me sufficient individualized interaction with each student to truly talk the student. To be able to do so, we would need to have met and talked in-depth during the semester and/or started working on something together. | I generally do not give personalized reference letters for large fundamental undergraduate courses (e.g., PSYC2020), because the course structure does not allow me sufficient individualized interaction with each student to truly talk the student. To be able to do so, we would need to have met and talked in-depth during the semester and/or started working on something together. | ||
If you did a personalized project in one of my advanced classes (PSYC3052/ | If you did a personalized project in one of my advanced classes (PSYC3052/ | ||
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+ | If you did a thesis with me and did well (A- and above), indicating that we had no major issues, ofcourse I'm happy to support you. | ||
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+ | If you're a coauthor on a joint manuscript resulting from your work, then I am very happy to support. | ||
====== General requests/ | ====== General requests/ | ||
- Think carefully how many applications you want me to help you with, I have my limits. I have hundreds of students, if I complete reference letters for all of them to all places they' | - Think carefully how many applications you want me to help you with, I have my limits. I have hundreds of students, if I complete reference letters for all of them to all places they' | ||
- | - For course | + | - For taught |
- | - For thesis students: Up to __**5**__ applications. | + | - For guided |
- | - I will only do things **electronically**. Please do not ask me to do reference letters that require mailing in post/ | + | - For students who published with me: Up to __**5**__ applications. |
+ | - For guided mPhil students: Up to __**12**__ applications. | ||
+ | - For PhD students/ | ||
+ | - I will only do things **electronically**. Please do not ask me to do reference letters that require mailing in post/ | ||
====== Detailed guidelines ====== | ====== Detailed guidelines ====== | ||
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- Please also attach an up-to-date clear photo of yourself to help me remember who you are. | - Please also attach an up-to-date clear photo of yourself to help me remember who you are. | ||
- If you are applying to more than one program at a time, it is helpful for you to give me a detailed, organized list of all the sites. If there are unique features about a site that you want me to attend to in my letter (e.g., a job is asking for applicants with a strong statistical background), | - If you are applying to more than one program at a time, it is helpful for you to give me a detailed, organized list of all the sites. If there are unique features about a site that you want me to attend to in my letter (e.g., a job is asking for applicants with a strong statistical background), | ||
- | - Don’t ask for a recommendation letter unless you’re certain you’re going to follow through with the rest of your application. First, be sure that you’re eligible for the position by reading the fine print. If a summer clinical internship wants applicants who are fluent in Russian and you have never taken any Russian, then you are not eligible and should not be asking me to write a letter for you. Second, do as much homework as possible to make sure that you like the job/ | + | - **Don’t ask for a recommendation letter unless you’re certain you’re going to follow through with the rest of your application**. First, be sure that you’re eligible for the position by reading the fine print. If a summer clinical internship wants applicants who are fluent in Russian and you have never taken any Russian, then you are not eligible and should not be asking me to write a letter for you. Second, do as much homework as possible to make sure that you like the job/ |
- So that I can write a full and effective letter, it is helpful for me to have additional information about you when possible and when relevant such as: an unofficial copy of your transcript, your résumé, a copy of the cover letter that will accompany your job application, | - So that I can write a full and effective letter, it is helpful for me to have additional information about you when possible and when relevant such as: an unofficial copy of your transcript, your résumé, a copy of the cover letter that will accompany your job application, | ||
- If your application involves a funding request to an agency to support independent research (Fulbright Scholarship, | - If your application involves a funding request to an agency to support independent research (Fulbright Scholarship, |