From: Joe
To: lowery@tamu.edu
Subject: Letter of recommendation
Joe:
Did you respond to my previous email? If not I will go ahead and reply to the request (see below) without a letter, but have to admit that right now I am furiously modifying several dozen letters of recommendation sent to me from other students. My generating one from scratch with only our class experience together just isn’t in the cards right now.
I will do my best, but can’t answer even the simplest of questions like how long I have known you without your input. I know your grades in my classes and those on your transcript, but they obviously know that without my help. From that alone they know you are a good student and will surely succeed in graduate school, but again, I am wasting their time just restating the obvious.
Again, “Please see http://lowery.tamu.edu/generalceinfo/index.htm section 1.A.4.”
If you sent a letter for me to work on please send it again, since I missed it. I don’t know the deadline for this so I will go ahead and submit my best response, and if you get something to me I will try and go back in and add it later.
Good luck,
L^3
Lee L. Lowery, Jr., PhD, P.E.
From: Lowery Jr, Lee L
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 6:58 PM
To: Joe
Subject: RE: Letter of Recommendation
Joe:
Gladly. Please see https://lowery.engr.tamu.edu/2021/07/19/general-information-on-getting-a-job/ section 1.A.4.
L^3
Lee L. Lowery, Jr., PhD, P.E.
Dear Dr. LEE LOWERY,
Joe J. Josephson (joejjoe@tamu.edu) has applied for admission to a graduate program at MIT and has identified you as a potential recommender in the application process.
To submit a recommendation for this applicant, you may complete the recommendation form online by clicking here or entering “http://web-as.MIT.edu/LORFinale/Default.aspx?g=24235c51-25aa-4bce-a0b9-f81fc5baa38d56c&t=201731” into an internet web browser (Firefox or Safari preferred). Please note, this link will expire after two weeks of inactivity.
Depending on the length of your comments, the recommendation form can likely be completed in 10 – 15 minutes. If you do not wish to submit a recommendation for this applicant or have already done so by paper, you may decline the request after clicking the link above. If you have any questions about this process, please call the Office of Admissions or send an email to us. If you have any questions about serving as a recommender for this applicant, please contact the applicant directly at the email address listed above.
Thank you for assisting JOE in his/her/its educational pursuits.
Graduate Admissions Processing
Office of Admissions
From: Joe
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 6:33 PM
To: Lowery Jr, Lee L <lowery@civil.tamu.edu>
Subject: Letter of Recommendation
Howdy,
This is Joe, I was planning on applying to MIT’s graduate program to pursue a masters degree. I was hoping you could possibly write a letter of recommendation for me to the graduate office. I have thoroughly enjoyed having you as an adviser and studying engineering courses in your classes and I hope to continue studying it in a masters program.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Joe
Texas A&M University
Class of 2021