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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
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.
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I usually have them write me a draft -more because I think it is good to see what they are looking for and how they are selling themselves not because I am going to use it as the letter I sign. Also, if the student is not willing to put that much energy into something and then I'm not either so I often can tell by those who balk about it as to how interested they really are
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