Letters of Recommendation: Waive the right to review
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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One of the complicated issues the applicants are faced with is that of the voluntary waiver of their right to review the letters of recommendation. To waive or not to waive is the question.
If the Universities do not ask you for this waiver, you have right to look at your full admission file including the letters of recommendation IF you enroll at that University. So why do they ask you to give up the right to review the letters of recommendation? Because they believe that if such a waiver is signed by you, your references will be more forthcoming.
Here are reasons why you should waive your right to review the letter of recommendation while applying to US Universities:
- The letters of recommendation shall carry more weight if it is known that you are not going to see those at any stage in the future.
- If you do not enroll at a particular University, you anyway have no right to review your file.
- Most students anyway do sign the waiver, so you do not want to stand out as a person who wants to read the letters of recommendation.
