cdawso23 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Hello everyone! I was wondering how to ask someone for an LOR. Not so much how to approach the subject but what specifically to ask for. Could they just write a letter and send it to every school I'm applying to or is there some sort of format or form they need to fill out? I just don't want to ask for a reference and then be asked what exactly I need and not actually know for sure... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojoluvsu2 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Omsas has their own LOR forms to fill out. Each school will have their own requirements for a LOR, check each application booklet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Look the person in the eyes as you ask for a "strong" LOR as their body language may say something different than their voice. Give them your CV, transcript and a motivational letter so they know what makes you tick and who you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanek Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 What I did was I emailed my references to see if they would be interested, followed by a short meeting to discuss my intentions, get to know them a bit more if I didnt know them before, and through this discussion, determine if the LOR from this individual would be strong. If they agreed and I felt like the letter would be strong, I sent them my CV, a list of courses that might have contributed my application, and more about myself and my intentions, why I'm applying, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdawso23 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Look the person in the eyes as you ask for a "strong" LOR as their body language may say something different than their voice. Give them your CV, transcript and a motivational letter so they know what makes you tick and who you are. A motivational letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdawso23 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Omsas has their own LOR forms to fill out. Each school will have their own requirements for a LOR, check each application booklet. Each school has something extra to the OMSAS form? Or is that just for schools not covered by OMSAS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markov79 Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Each school has something extra to the OMSAS form? Or is that just for schools not covered by OMSAS? as w_robin informed me in another thread, they kind of just suggest stuff in the booklet, so check it out! imo, it was really just queen's and toronto, from ontario, that asked for specific stuff. iirc, the others really just said "we expect you to have 3 LORs from 3 diff references." but, yeah, toronto and queen's definitely give a bit of advice/direction. and also, yeah, diff schools (outside of ontario) are going to have stuff that they wanna see from your references, if you're applying more broadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojoluvsu2 Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 I was referring to non-ontario schools. Calgary comes to mind, they have very specific requirements for their LORs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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