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- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 09:08:26 MDT
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- From: std_martin@HG.ULETH.CA
- Subject: Re: Psychometrics
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- In response to Stephanie in L.A.
-
- As a future proffesor, I wouldn't consider writing a letter of
- recomendation anything else but honestly. Very early in my
- undergraduate career a professor (who is now a good friend)
- told me that one of the most important things that I can do is
- cultivate the friendship of some of the professors, because
- the letters of recomendation do carry a lot of weight. This
- I did, and it has paid off in more ways than one. I have
- some very good friends at my undergraduate institution and
- in addition in discussing how is the best way to get good
- grades with one of them (besides knowing the material), he
- said that being a friend is about the best. When you are
- friends with someone, it is very easy to justify to yourself
- that they must know more, and are having a bad day or whatever.
- Keep this in mind for the future.
-
- Jesse
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