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In order for me to write a high quality letter of recommendation for you, you will need to do some work.\u00a0 The more I know about your goals and activities, the better letter I will be able to write. SO… if you want a thorough, well-written recommendation I advise the following:<\/p>\n
*** Give me the information requested below (can email it to me).<\/p>\n
*** If it is month(s) before the application deadlines, and you are not sure to which schools or other businesses you really want to apply or you have not begun work on your application\/ essay, wait to give me the materials until you have firmed these things up more.<\/p>\n
*** As deadlines approach, please feel free to check with me<\/span> to make sure the letters are getting in on time.<\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> Organized, written information about yourself<\/span>, about past activities, accomplishments, interests, or future goals, will be very helpful to me:<\/p>\n ____\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A copy of your transcript or degree audit<\/span><\/strong> (an unofficial copy is fine). 2.<\/strong> Remind me of anything specific<\/span> on which you are hoping I will comment (e.g., classes you\u2019ve taken from me, particular personal qualities, the great paper you wrote in my class,\u00a0 the leadership you demonstrated…).\u00a0 It will help me if you bluntly point out your strengths.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be modest here!<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>A list of all the schools or other locations<\/span> to which you want a letter sent -if you are applying to multiple places.\u00a0 For each place, list its deadline,\u00a0 and what type of program (e.g., \u201cclinical\u201d) it is.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>For each on-line recommendation<\/span>,<\/strong> please fill in information about me (name, address, phone number, etc.).\u00a0 I have included that information below.<\/p>\n The information about me that you will need is:<\/span><\/p>\n Name<\/span>:\u00a0 Donna K. McMillan, Ph.D., L.P. Array<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mcmillan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mcmillan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mcmillan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mcmillan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mcmillan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mcmillan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mcmillan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mcmillan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Written materials that I will need in order to write a good letter:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n____\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A copy of your resume<\/span> <\/strong>(if you have one), or a list of activities and relevant experiences.
\n____\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A copy of your personal statement<\/span><\/strong>\/ essay (talking about your strengths, experiences, goals) even if it’s in a very rough form.
\n____\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Any relevant test scores<\/span><\/strong> (GRE for grad school, MCAT for med school)<\/p>\n
\nTitle<\/span>:\u00a0 Professor of Psychology
\nInstitution\/Address<\/span>:\u00a0 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue,\u00a0 Northfield, MN
\n55057-1098
\nPhone number<\/span>:\u00a0 507-786-3589
\nEmail<\/span>: mcmillan@stolaf.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"