{"id":70,"date":"2016-07-05T20:22:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T00:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2016-07-06T07:44:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T11:44:59","slug":"requesting-letters-of-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/student-opportunities\/requesting-letters-of-recommendation\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommendation Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Letters of recommendation are stronger if you have done well in my course, I know your academic\/research interests well or if you have worked closely with me as a Research Assistant. <em><strong>If you do not meet these criteria<\/strong><strong>, you might want to consider obtaining a letter from another faculty member who is able to give you a stronger recommendation. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To request a letter &#8211;\u00a0fill in this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1Ku6E-hNlqLBLaocRWaKQByD2-GnVPAZ9QdIgtqnMAHw\/viewform\">Recommendation Letter Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For your first letter of recommendation, I need to be asked 3 weeks in advance, for subsequent letters, 2 weeks in advance. <strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You are responsible for:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completing the above link<\/li>\n<li>Reminding me via email 3 days and 1 day before the recommendations are due.<\/li>\n<li>Using the list below, ensure that I am sent all of the requirement documents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Send me your\u00a0C.V.<\/li>\n<li>List which courses you took with me including the semester and year.<\/li>\n<li>In one paragraph, state why you think you would be a good fit for the internship\/fellowship or organization that you are applying for. \u00a0The more specific the better.<\/li>\n<li>Using bullet points, send me specific examples of your work with me (in class or as a Research Assistant) that\u00a0you think would be relevant for me to highlight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letters of recommendation are stronger if you have done well in my course, I know your academic\/research interests well or if you have worked closely with me as a Research Assistant. If you do not meet these criteria, you might want to consider obtaining a letter from another faculty member who is able to give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":965,"featured_media":0,"parent":57,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/965"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/85"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/sg5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}