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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
Also, I heard back from my grad advisor. She seemed excited for me and is willing to write the letter. She has two conditions. She wants me to write a draft of what I think would be good for her to say, then she'll edit it. The other is that I won't ask to read what she wrote. I can live with that. I mean, I'd like to think, if someone wouldn't give me a good recommendation, they wouldn't offer to write a letter. So guess I was worried for nothing, as usual...pretty sure this ties into my issues with/fears of female authority figures...
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I refuse to write letters for students unless they waive their right to read it. Otherwise it can look bad to an admissions committee.
Likewise I don't ask them to draft their own letters (or accept any offers to do so, and in one case I agreed to write a letter and the kid emailed me the letter already written and just wanted me to sign - at which point I retracted my agreement to write a letter). Admissions committees can often tell when the applicant has written the letter, and in academia it can still be frowned on, so I hope she does edit it.