Has anyone ever written a letter of rec for THEMSELVES??

Jax430 Posted: Oct 05, 2004 02:55 PM

Has anyone ever written a letter of rec for THEMSELVES??

I'm in internship application HELL right now. To add to my workload, my former school psychology supervisor wants me to write my letter of recommendation from him, then he'll add to it and edit it. I'm really struggling with this. It's so hard to know how much to praise yourself..it just feels weird!

Has anyone ever done this? How did you handle it?

jenny2penny Posted: Oct 05, 2004 02:57 PM

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Jax430 Posted: Oct 05, 2004 02:59 PM

Re: Has anyone ever written a letter of rec for THEMSELVES??

Posted by jenny2penny

a letter of yourself??? That's wierd, I thought people do that for you?

I'm going to write it first, and he's going to edit it and sign it. I hate doing things this way, and I really don't need additional work! His reasoning is that I remember my experiences better than he does....I think it's just laziness!

DebMaher Posted: Oct 05, 2004 03:00 PM

Re: Has anyone ever written a letter of rec for THEMSELVES??

Yes, people have said 'Write it and I will sign it' -- it is so hard, you don;t want to sound like a blowhard but you want to come across as skilled and praiseworthy. Write it and then let as many pair of eyes (brad, us) look at it as possible---te more voices it reflects, the better it will be.

nov04LIbride Posted: Oct 05, 2004 03:02 PM

Re: Has anyone ever written a letter of rec for THEMSELVES??

I had to once. It was GLOWING

september2004 Posted: Oct 05, 2004 03:06 PM

Re: Has anyone ever written a letter of rec for THEMSELVES??

been on both sides, have had to write one for myself and have asked others to 'write it and i'll sign it' when deadline was tight...

write exactly what you would want someone to say! no biggie...

marymoon Posted: Oct 05, 2004 04:07 PM

Re: Has anyone ever written a letter of rec for THEMSELVES??

I had to do that in HS. hat was standard procedure, but basically it wasn't a letter they asked for a loist of what I felt my strength sna weaknesses were, special accomplishments, other things I wanted the people to know that they wouidlnlt find out from the rest of the application.

ETA: It might be wise to start off that way, with a list fo your accomplishments and good qualities!