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Should I Get a Letter from Someone I Know Well or Someone Who is Well Known?

By Karen Schweitzer, About.com

Question: Should I Get a Letter from Someone I Know Well or Someone Who is Well Known?
Answer: According to the Ivey Guide for Law School Admissions, the person writing the recommendation should be able to speak with experience and authority about you in the classroom, and if that means you have to forgo the Nobel Prize winner, that's okay -- you're better off with the TA. The same principle applies if your recommendation is coming from the working world. You're better off requesting a letter from the congressional staffer you worked with and reported to every day than the bigwig senator who still mispronounces your name or confuses you with the aide who worked for him three sessions ago...Read More
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