Damn, it reallly works thank you soo muchhh you a real gem....l got my recommendation approval in just 30 minutes of sending mail to my professor... Note: do remember to must add a recommendation letter for review to your professor...
Hi Ann, great video! But how do we as students draft reference letters? What would a good draft letter look like? What kind of things stand out to prospective schools? Thanks
Hi Anne! Thank you so much for this guidance. It really took LOADS of stress off the task of asking for reference letters. Such great advice, especially for those asking for repeat reference letters and it means WAY MORE coming from a Professor herself.
I think it's really nice to ask for letters in person. It's also important to be able to recognize that some letters have greater weight; for example, when I applied to grad school, I approached a lecturer who had just gotten her PhD from the department but even she was appalled at the mis-step and told me to look toward major scholars in my heavy-hitter department. 'My word means nothing.' As someone who ultimately came to be a TT professor myself, I'd find it weird if a student gave me a drafted letter. It's not ever happened. But maybe I'd feel totally happy, too. FWIW: My advisor for the doctorate, a major scholar in my field, was the only person who gave me the opportunity to write my own letter. I gave it a sporting try, but it was horrible. I just didn't understand the form. And she basically told me that it was a terrible letter and she would draft everything from scratch.
I am a little late to this video but I just found it as I am becoming anxious about beginning the internship application process. This video has taken away most of my nerves when it comes to reaching out to my professors! Thank you for the great energy and information you brought in this video!
You need to see my 40 leaves notebook🤗🤗. I can't afford to miss out on any information you give. I've been compiling all information not just for me alone, but for my siblings and friends. Great work and content👍.
Hello! I just wanted to say thank you. Your videos are really helping me with my graduate school application. You have covered almost every point they ask me for and it is a great starting point for me. Thank you
Hi Dr Ann.Thank you for this masterpiece ❤. That number 3,drafting a reference letter ourselves,is actually the bullet.Really glad you shared these invaluable tips.
Thank you so much! this will greatly help with my application. I really appreciate the content and the help you've extended to aspiring graduate students like me. I would like to hear more about drafting a reference letter. Thanks again!
When writing a reference letter draft for your recommender to edit, can you share more about the content of the letter that you should put? I want to speak to myself and my abilities to make it easy for them to edit, but don’t want to exaggerate or undersell myself either.
So helpful, thank you for making this video! I was wondering what to do if you are applying to multiple programs at once? Would you just attach 2 different draft, one for each of the separate programs? Also, when making the drafts, how do you make sure that they don't sound too repetitive?
Solid advice as always... I've jotted down the exact words you mentioned in this video for requesting for references.. It's time to let the emails fly. Thanks. #Ann on demand #
Ma'am, you've really provided me with a great deal of information to be able to create a good letter of recommendation, because earlier it was a blessing to me that my emails reaching out to my professors didn't get through. In my naivety I didn't have the first clue of how to go about this business. Many thanks! Truly1Tom aka Thomas
Hi Anne! I GOT ACCEPTED 💗 I would just like to thank you for creating this very informative video. I recently got accepted to my desired graduate school. I'm one of the 20 out of 100+ who applied and were accepted and your tips improved my application a lot. Thank you so much!!
Lovely video, guess what I'm currently preparing my application for grad school and I need to get 2 references. This video is Timely! Thank you very much.
@@annondemand6607 Hello Prof. I trust you're doing great today. I would like to ask for your assistance, I have prepared drafts of the required essays that is part of the scholarship I'm currently applying. The deadline is 29th of this month. Can you please review the essays for me: personal statement, financial need and career development plans. Your review will go along way and I'll be very much grateful. It's a full scholarship for postgraduate studies at the University of Westminster London. Hope to get your response thank you very much.
Dr. Ann, I appreciate you for this, thanks a lot for these tips. Lol... Where I finished from, getting my professors email is another hurdle to cross, believe me. Lol... I'm not complaining though. Thank you once more for this
Hello Dr Ann, thanks so much for all of your videos. They've been very insightful. You said we should have double the number of references required. If they're all available and the grad school needs it directly, would it be okay if they get double the required number?
Hi Anne! I graduated three years ago from my first Masters. I haven't been in touch with my professors since then...how do i reach out to them? Could you give some idea on what to say?
Is it ok to send lor without letterhead? As my manager is working in different company so its against comany policy to send lor to another comaony employees.
What about programs that require letters to be confidential? Meaning you are not allowed to know the contents of the letter. What's the best way to obtain them?
The dance at the end though...😂 Thank you for the video, Doc. It seems as though you were talking more to students in developing countries. Can you give highlights of how you for your reference letter from your lecturer in Nigeria? Thank you
Hahaha I am a bad dancer. I was talking to people from all over. My students are all American and I advise the same thing. I didn't know what I know now about requesting references when I was in Nigeria so my experience wont be helpful in this case.
@@annondemand6607 I understand this but I think you may be assuming that lecturers we are getting this reference letters from are well informed and are happy to help. It's not always so help. I just finished my first degree and I intend to apply for graduate studies after NYSC. I still don't know how to pick the less angry one of my lecturers to request for a letter when the time comes. I don't knows if this makes any sense
Michael Inioluwa Oladele I can relate to this. Here is what you can do; start now to reach out to like 3/4 of them through calls or email to just say Hi & seek advice for your professional growth. Once you develop rapport, tell them of your intentions to apply for graduate studies abroad even before you start; some of them will encourage you to pursue that. Then, inform them of your intention to add them as referees before you start your applications. Get their consent first. Also try to develop rapport with your CDS/NYSC coordinators, they can also write references for you.
Thanks for this video, Ann. Can one email be sent to more than one referee at a time to request for the reference letter? Also, any tips on how to send the grad school details please(maybe sending a link of the program website or a typed document)?
Thank you so much for the video prof, I have some few questions Prof, Can a non teaching staff in my institution write reference letter for me. Secondly, is it a must for the person writting me the reference letter to have an official email?
Do you have any tips on asking professors for this even during COVID-19 online learning. I’m finishing my undergrad and know for sure I need to ask for some for grad school but it also feels a little awkward because there isn’t that connectivity through the online screen compared to before. I know that sounds silly because it’s a thing to get done but it also feels silly. Thankyou for your advice!
I did the same things you suggested, doubled the profs, current up-to-date cv, job description, draft etc. but still no reply :( even though i all got As from their classes. I think it's hard to get a reference with online class formats
Hi Ann, thank you for this information. Please, how do you advise I request for a reference letter from my professor who may not remember me or who I haven't communicated with since about 5 years I graduated from the university?
Send your professor a detailed but concise email re-introducing yourself and the grade you earned in his/her class. Also, tell him/her something you enjoyed about his/her class. Don't make up something, actually think of his/her class and genuinely complement something you enjoyed. Attach the necessary documents.
Very informative. Thanks a lot for your time. My question is this, does the name an email address bears affects the response. For instance, my email address bears my maiden name but now married with a new last name. Will this name have any affect on the email responses. I will appreciate your reply so much.
Hi Ann, I have graduated 5 years and just decided to pursue my MPH degree. I have sent a recommendation letter request to one of my professors last week and have not heard any response yet. I feel bad and don't know how to proceed.
Hi Ann, thanks for the informative video. I am planning ask for LOR from my professors for grad school admission. Could you advise on how to write the draft as I am applying to 8 grad schools. Look forward to hearing from you..
Thanks Ann, this is very helpful. I have a question though. I heard it's unethical to draft your own reference. So, if your potential referee is someone that is very big on ethics, do you think it'll still be a good idea to send him a draft?
I would ask him, what does he think about sending him a draft in order to help to write the letter, if you see he doesn't like the idea, then give him a clear structure of the letter.
Dr Ann, Thank you for the tips. Please i will love to further my education. Country: Nigeria course of Interest: Information Security/Cyber-Security/Computer science Country of Interest: Canada or USA Thank you so much. I look forward to be one of your winners
Hi Dr Ann, this is an unrelated question. You mentioned once that you interned for a year after skul be4 going for masters. Was it during your Nysc/ did you do NYSC?
Does this actually means the letter doesn't necessarily need to come from custom emails?. And secondly, can I use one of my bosses from where I've previously worked as recommender?
I don't know why I always feel a certain kind of way especially as I applied to about 5 schools. I feel like I am disturbing the lecturer. I had 50% grade in a course and the lecturer declined writing one for me. Mtsheeew. Thanks for the tip of attaching one of the previous reference letters. Esp the email thread. Are professors paid for referencing?
Dear Professor, I hope you are good. I have been watching your videos for some time now and I must say you have been doing amazing and i dearly appreciate you. In one of your videos, you mentioned not to attach anything alongside a first Email as it might be seen to be a spam message but we have no choice than to attach now that we’re asking for reference. What if it gets to them as spam? Kind Regards Adewoye Adeyemi John
I am currently applying for a scholarship as a undergraduate student and they requested a reference letter should I follow the same process as in this video?
So much information, thank you for all you doing. Please, I graduated 5 years ago and presently in the States, I really want to go for graduate degree now. Getting recommendation letters is my challenge because I don't have my Lecturers contact back in Nigeria. Please can you help?
My advise is that you have someone you personally know help you go back to your former department to get the letter in motion using the tips mentioned in the video.
I have a question Prof. What would you advise in this scenario, a grad school requires you to fill in details of 2 referees only, if you have notified 4 referees already, what will happen to the remaining 2 referees you wouldn't submit their emails and wouldn't get to reference you for that particular application? Won't they feel somehow and wouldn't want to Help when you request a reference from them next time? Thanks
This is a very good question! You should tell the two references the truth, that you didn't use them and explain why you still asked them. Tell them you are trying to be proactive and would still like them to save the reference for future use. Any good professor/lecturer will understand. Just make sure your correspondence is drafted with much gratitude and wisdom.
Hope you all are staying safe. Please take care :)
Damn, it reallly works thank you soo muchhh you a real gem....l got my recommendation approval in just 30 minutes of sending mail to my professor...
Note: do remember to must add a recommendation letter for review to your professor...
Hi Ann, great video! But how do we as students draft reference letters? What would a good draft letter look like? What kind of things stand out to prospective schools? Thanks
Yes pls. @AnnonDemand
Yes, plz reply
Thank you Prof for your mentorship. Greatly appreciated. I would also love it if you could do a video for getting/finding supervisors.
Great suggestion!
Hi Anne! Thank you so much for this guidance. It really took LOADS of stress off the task of asking for reference letters. Such great advice, especially for those asking for repeat reference letters and it means WAY MORE coming from a Professor herself.
I think it's really nice to ask for letters in person. It's also important to be able to recognize that some letters have greater weight; for example, when I applied to grad school, I approached a lecturer who had just gotten her PhD from the department but even she was appalled at the mis-step and told me to look toward major scholars in my heavy-hitter department. 'My word means nothing.' As someone who ultimately came to be a TT professor myself, I'd find it weird if a student gave me a drafted letter. It's not ever happened. But maybe I'd feel totally happy, too. FWIW: My advisor for the doctorate, a major scholar in my field, was the only person who gave me the opportunity to write my own letter. I gave it a sporting try, but it was horrible. I just didn't understand the form. And she basically told me that it was a terrible letter and she would draft everything from scratch.
I am a little late to this video but I just found it as I am becoming anxious about beginning the internship application process. This video has taken away most of my nerves when it comes to reaching out to my professors! Thank you for the great energy and information you brought in this video!
You need to see my 40 leaves notebook🤗🤗. I can't afford to miss out on any information you give. I've been compiling all information not just for me alone, but for my siblings and friends.
Great work and content👍.
Anne Amedu me too sis..looks like we’re in the same whatsapp group😂
Wonderful!
@@thechichi3156 Hahaha!
Thank you Doc for great insights.
Thank you sooo much. U made me calm myself down so much and know how to ask and get the recommendations from my boss/ professor
Hello! I just wanted to say thank you. Your videos are really helping me with my graduate school application.
You have covered almost every point they ask me for and it is a great starting point for me. Thank you
Hi Dr Ann.Thank you for this masterpiece ❤. That number 3,drafting a reference letter ourselves,is actually the bullet.Really glad you shared these invaluable tips.
Thank you so much! this will greatly help with my application. I really appreciate the content and the help you've extended to aspiring graduate students like me. I would like to hear more about drafting a reference letter. Thanks again!
When writing a reference letter draft for your recommender to edit, can you share more about the content of the letter that you should put? I want to speak to myself and my abilities to make it easy for them to edit, but don’t want to exaggerate or undersell myself either.
Thank Prof. Ann, I'm always with my pen and paper anytime I view your youtube channel. Thank you all you do.
Mr. Ken
So helpful, thank you for making this video! I was wondering what to do if you are applying to multiple programs at once? Would you just attach 2 different draft, one for each of the separate programs? Also, when making the drafts, how do you make sure that they don't sound too repetitive?
Thank you so much for this. It just enlightened me on what I have been working on before.
Great advice Dr. Ann. Thank you!
Solid advice as always... I've jotted down the exact words you mentioned in this video for requesting for references..
It's time to let the emails fly.
Thanks.
#Ann on demand #
How did it work out for you?
Thank you so much! I really appreciate this knowledge and I will use it to my best!
Very useful article . Thank you for your time and efforts . Thank you . 🙏🏼
Great advice, Any template for the draft available?
Thank you Dr.Ann, this is so informative and helpful.
Ma'am, you've really provided me with a great deal of information to be able to create a good letter of recommendation, because earlier it was a blessing to me that my emails reaching out to my professors didn't get through. In my naivety I didn't have the first clue of how to go about this business. Many thanks! Truly1Tom aka Thomas
Thank you for the very informative tips! I really like your energy :)
Hi Ann,thank u so much for sharing this video,I really appreciate
Thank you so much! Such a heaven sent.
I learned a lot from this video. Thank you, Prof
You are welcome!
Hi Anne! I GOT ACCEPTED 💗
I would just like to thank you for creating this very informative video. I recently got accepted to my desired graduate school. I'm one of the 20 out of 100+ who applied and were accepted and your tips improved my application a lot. Thank you so much!!
Hi..can you help me
Can you send the patterns or typing copy or reference letter
Such a helpful video! I hope your channel explodes soon! Hidden gem 💎
I hope so too!
Wow! Thank you so much Dr. Ann.
Beautiful message. Thank you.
Lovely video, guess what I'm currently preparing my application for grad school and I need to get 2 references. This video is Timely! Thank you very much.
You are very welcome. :)
@@annondemand6607 Hello Prof. I trust you're doing great today. I would like to ask for your assistance, I have prepared drafts of the required essays that is part of the scholarship I'm currently applying. The deadline is 29th of this month. Can you please review the essays for me: personal statement, financial need and career development plans. Your review will go along way and I'll be very much grateful. It's a full scholarship for postgraduate studies at the University of Westminster London. Hope to get your response thank you very much.
This is awesome and helpful. Thank you Dr Ann
You are so welcome!
Thank you. This is such helpful information ! 🙏
Dr. Ann, I appreciate you for this, thanks a lot for these tips.
Lol... Where I finished from, getting my professors email is another hurdle to cross, believe me. Lol... I'm not complaining though. Thank you once more for this
Glad it was helpful!
Hello Dr Ann, thanks so much for all of your videos. They've been very insightful.
You said we should have double the number of references required. If they're all available and the grad school needs it directly, would it be okay if they get double the required number?
What a great and informative video! Your personality is lovely!
AW thank you!
Thank you for your ideas. It was very helpful.
Thank you so much
Amazing advice !!!
Hi Anne! I graduated three years ago from my first Masters. I haven't been in touch with my professors since then...how do i reach out to them? Could you give some idea on what to say?
Is it ok to send lor without letterhead? As my manager is working in different company so its against comany policy to send lor to another comaony employees.
First you're gorg! Second, very informative video. Thank you!
Aw thanks! Hope you took notes.
I really love your videos ... they are really educative ❤️🙏🏽👏👏👏👏
Very detailed Dr. Ann
Thank you Ann, I was thinking whether drafting my own reference letter is ethical, is it something commonly done?
This was so helpful. Thank you!
What about programs that require letters to be confidential? Meaning you are not allowed to know the contents of the letter. What's the best way to obtain them?
Thank you Dr. This is great.
Thanks so much DR ANN your videos are always informative
Am pursing for graduate school,how will i go about it, i don't have any clue
This video is sooo helpful, thank you!!
Do you add their name on the reference draft too? Meaning I think the reference letter requires a signature
Thanks for the tips.... I find them very useful
My pleasure 😊
I appreciate your information. Thank you
Ahh so happy I found this video 😩
Thanks a lot for this,very insightful
Another great content.
If I get more than the required references, should I include extra--or should I keep it to the amount the school asks for?
Thank you Ann.
This video is very helpful. (all your videos are by the way ❤)
Aww THANK YOU Maureen!
Thank you Prof.
Thanks for the information
The dance at the end though...😂 Thank you for the video, Doc. It seems as though you were talking more to students in developing countries. Can you give highlights of how you for your reference letter from your lecturer in Nigeria? Thank you
Hahaha I am a bad dancer. I was talking to people from all over. My students are all American and I advise the same thing.
I didn't know what I know now about requesting references when I was in Nigeria so my experience wont be helpful in this case.
@@annondemand6607 I understand this but I think you may be assuming that lecturers we are getting this reference letters from are well informed and are happy to help. It's not always so help. I just finished my first degree and I intend to apply for graduate studies after NYSC. I still don't know how to pick the less angry one of my lecturers to request for a letter when the time comes. I don't knows if this makes any sense
Michael Inioluwa Oladele I can relate to this. Here is what you can do; start now to reach out to like 3/4 of them through calls or email to just say Hi & seek advice for your professional growth. Once you develop rapport, tell them of your intentions to apply for graduate studies abroad even before you start; some of them will encourage you to pursue that. Then, inform them of your intention to add them as referees before you start your applications. Get their consent first. Also try to develop rapport with your CDS/NYSC coordinators, they can also write references for you.
Thank you 🙏 ❤😂
Is the reference letters you are talking about the same as the recommendation letters required for grad school applications?
Thanks for this video, Ann. Can one email be sent to more than one referee at a time to request for the reference letter?
Also, any tips on how to send the grad school details please(maybe sending a link of the program website or a typed document)?
Thank you so much for the video prof, I have some few questions Prof, Can a non teaching staff in my institution write reference letter for me.
Secondly, is it a must for the person writting me the reference letter to have an official email?
I have a job interview tomorrow and I need two reference letters for McDonalds job and I don't know how to write them
Do you have any tips on asking professors for this even during COVID-19 online learning. I’m finishing my undergrad and know for sure I need to ask for some for grad school but it also feels a little awkward because there isn’t that connectivity through the online screen compared to before. I know that sounds silly because it’s a thing to get done but it also feels silly. Thankyou for your advice!
i need LORs for grad school but all my classes r online. is it appropriate to ask an online professor for an LOR? tips?
I did the same things you suggested, doubled the profs, current up-to-date cv, job description, draft etc. but still no reply :( even though i all got As from their classes. I think it's hard to get a reference with online class formats
Nice video... Lovely information
Thank you! Hope you learned something :)
@@annondemand6607 sure I did... You killed it....Thumb's
Hi Ann, thank you for this information. Please, how do you advise I request for a reference letter from my professor who may not remember me or who I haven't communicated with since about 5 years I graduated from the university?
Send your professor a detailed but concise email re-introducing yourself and the grade you earned in his/her class. Also, tell him/her something you enjoyed about his/her class. Don't make up something, actually think of his/her class and genuinely complement something you enjoyed. Attach the necessary documents.
Ann can you assist me with points I can put in my draft letter to my professor?
Very informative. Thanks a lot for your time. My question is this, does the name an email address bears affects the response. For instance, my email address bears my maiden name but now married with a new last name. Will this name have any affect on the email responses. I will appreciate your reply so much.
Ann can a former professor who is not in the field of academics now write a academic reference letter for me
The dance 💃,please can we get more of that after every video???? Please please please
LMAO!
Hi Ann, I have graduated 5 years and just decided to pursue my MPH degree. I have sent a recommendation letter request to one of my professors last week and have not heard any response yet. I feel bad and don't know how to proceed.
I just love you Sis....
OMG love you back!!!
Awesome
Hi Ann, thanks for the informative video. I am planning ask for LOR from my professors for grad school admission. Could you advise on how to write the draft as I am applying to 8 grad schools. Look forward to hearing from you..
Thanks Ann, this is very helpful.
I have a question though. I heard it's unethical to draft your own reference. So, if your potential referee is someone that is very big on ethics, do you think it'll still be a good idea to send him a draft?
I would ask him, what does he think about sending him a draft in order to help to write the letter, if you see he doesn't like the idea, then give him a clear structure of the letter.
tips start at 2:50
Must the letter be written by only professors? Or can other lecturers write too?
When I say professor i mean teacher. In the U.S. every teacher is called a professor :)
Please, help! Does recommendation letter for grad school require a stamp of an undergraduate school and a signature of a professor?
And what are the general expectations to formatting?
thank you, genius ;)
Dr Ann, Thank you for the tips. Please i will love to further my education.
Country: Nigeria
course of Interest: Information Security/Cyber-Security/Computer science
Country of Interest: Canada or USA
Thank you so much. I look forward to be one of your winners
Hi Dr Ann, this is an unrelated question. You mentioned once that you interned for a year after skul be4 going for masters. Was it during your Nysc/ did you do NYSC?
I didnt do NYSC
Does this actually means the letter doesn't necessarily need to come from custom emails?. And secondly, can I use one of my bosses from where I've previously worked as recommender?
How do you write a reference letter o? I'm need help in this regard.
YOUR SKIIINNNNNN! OMG!
Thank you!
I don't know why I always feel a certain kind of way especially as I applied to about 5 schools. I feel like I am disturbing the lecturer. I had 50% grade in a course and the lecturer declined writing one for me. Mtsheeew.
Thanks for the tip of attaching one of the previous reference letters. Esp the email thread.
Are professors paid for referencing?
What if I do not know any professor within my discipline in my institution, can I get a doctor to do this for me?
What is a CV?
Dear Professor,
I hope you are good. I have been watching your videos for some time now and I must say you have been doing amazing and i dearly appreciate you.
In one of your videos, you mentioned not to attach anything alongside a first Email as it might be seen to be a spam message but we have no choice than to attach now that we’re asking for reference. What if it gets to them as spam?
Kind Regards
Adewoye Adeyemi John
I am currently applying for a scholarship as a undergraduate student and they requested a reference letter should I follow the same process as in this video?
For recommendation letters, can we also apply the same method?
So much information, thank you for all you doing. Please, I graduated 5 years ago and presently in the States, I really want to go for graduate degree now. Getting recommendation letters is my challenge because I don't have my Lecturers contact back in Nigeria. Please can you help?
My advise is that you have someone you personally know help you go back to your former department to get the letter in motion using the tips mentioned in the video.
@@annondemand6607 Thank you
What happens if I send an extra letter of recommendation? Is it better or not?
I have a question Prof. What would you advise in this scenario, a grad school requires you to fill in details of 2 referees only, if you have notified 4 referees already, what will happen to the remaining 2 referees you wouldn't submit their emails and wouldn't get to reference you for that particular application? Won't they feel somehow and wouldn't want to Help when you request a reference from them next time?
Thanks
This is a very good question! You should tell the two references the truth, that you didn't use them and explain why you still asked them. Tell them you are trying to be proactive and would still like them to save the reference for future use. Any good professor/lecturer will understand. Just make sure your correspondence is drafted with much gratitude and wisdom.
@@annondemand6607 Thank you very much. I will do that whenever the need arises.