Letters of Reference

[Guest soaring_eagle]

UBC requests letters of reference via e-mail, correct. However, do they also CALL these people? anyone know the procedure, cause one of my LOR does not have a phone.

 

Thanks

OH this is for applying for next year btw!

[liz001]

UBC requests letters of reference via e-mail, correct. However, do they also CALL these people? anyone know the procedure, cause one of my LOR does not have a phone.

 

Thanks

OH this is for applying for next year btw!

 

Yes, UBC requests LOR via e-mail, but you do have to provide a phone number because they randomly call up referees to check if they really wrote the letter. One of my references was checked this year, and I know some people who had >1 referees checked.

[Guest soaring_eagle]

Thank you. I will find someone else who DOES have a phone. The person without the phone lives in northern rural BC (where I've worked before) and has access to Intnet occassionaly...but no phone!!

 

too bad!

oh well

[liz001]

If you think that person would make a really good reference, you should call the admissions office and double check on whether a phone number is absolutely required. Better to make certain than to pass over a good LOR!

[Bestime]

I agree. I would check with the admissions office first.

[dr nomis]

Admissions will sometimes call a referee if the letter they received is quite unbecoming of the applicant, to confirm that is what the referee meant to say.

 

Usually, the referee says, "yes, that's what I meant to say ... I don't think this person should be a doctor."

 

Don't pick one of those people as your referees.