My experience or lesson is that I asked for the permissions first and then drafted the letters based on their point of view. It took me more than two months to draft the letters as we needed to look at all the letters altogether. When I sent out the drafts finally, there was one person who didn't respond back, and I decided to move on from him. Some other nicer persons still responded and of course they remembered my emails. I am still waiting for a couple of letters that the references said that they were on a trip, etc, and they'd look at the drafts later. So there is a chance that they may not respond after a while, but perhaps this may happen even if they get a draft immediately but they don't like the draft. I can understand that it feels natural and relieving if we can immediately provide a draft before they change their minds. Now with the experience of having drafted a few letters, there aren't much more I need to say, and I will get a couple more letters by revising the existing draft that was not signed. If you like, you could first write your contributions or achievements, and then distribute them into several drafts when the references agree.
请review. The letters from the people who cited your paper and could explain how your paper helped or inspired his/her research is especially useful. The letters from the people who invited you for review can boast about your reputation, that's also helpful. It could be a very good combo letter of both reference and review verification mentioning the strict criteria to select the reviewers, etc. 都是怎么做的? Keep trying until you get enough letters. If we want a success, we need to double our failure rate. :-) Frankly speaking, when that independent person, who used to chat very friendly when I first contacted him, didn't respond back after I sent him the draft, I felt so crushed and defeated, as if being betrayed. Well, they do what they want to do, which is out of our control, and we only need to mind our own business, and do what we need to do.
【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】 : : 请review. : The letters from the people who cited your paper and could explain how your : paper helped or inspired his/her research is especially useful. : The letters from the people who invited you for review can boast about your : reputation, that's also helpful. It could be a very good combo letter of : both reference and review verification mentioning the strict criteria to : select the reviewers, etc. : 都是怎么做的? : Keep trying until you get enough letters. If we want a success, we need to
H*7
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【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】 : My experience or lesson is that I asked for the permissions first and then : drafted the letters based on their point of view. It took me more than two : months to draft the letters as we needed to look at all the letters : altogether. When I sent out the drafts finally, there was one person who : didn't respond back, and I decided to move on from him. Some other nicer : persons still responded and of course they remembered my emails. I am still : waiting for a couple of letters that the references said that they were on a : trip, etc, and they'd look at the drafts later. : So there is a chance that they may not respond after a while, but perhaps : this may happen even if they get a draft immediately but they don't like the
T*y
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Ah, an update from that reference who didn't respond earlier! Yesterday morning I emailed him thinking that it would be my last email to him. The email was in a tone that if he chose not to sign the letter, I'd be perfectly okay with it. I tried to apologize why it took me so long to send him the draft, and perhaps the draft content was not what he's liking, but I didn't meant to be offensive in any way, etc. I then wished him the best in his future endeavors. Well, this morning I got a response from him! He said that he was on travel and he had very limited internet access, etc. He's still totally understanding and he said that he's be happy to still sign the letter and I didn't have to worry about it. He just wanted me to get the green card ASAP. Of course, due to his travel, he would check the draft in a week or so. I am so happy now, for his understanding, and for perhaps my persistent trying to keep him in check. I emailed him three times, once a week. During this process, I highly recommend us focusing on what we want, rather than what we don't want. The book "Your Heart's Desire: Instructions for Creating the Life You Really Want" by Sonia Choquette is a very good guidance for this principle. Take myself for example, at the beginning, I worried whether the references would still like to sign the letters, and my worries kept me in anxiety and making up sad stories, since only one person responded in the first week. In the second week after I sent out the drafts, I read that book, and I sent out reminder emails and tried to remember how the references had kindly agreed to help, etc, to expect them to still respond to me. It seemed to work as of now. I'll update you all when I get all letters signed. :-)
drafted the letters based on their point of view. It took me more than two months to draft the letters as we needed to look at all the letters altogether. When I sent out the drafts finally, there was one person who didn't respond back, and I decided to move on from him.
【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】 : My experience or lesson is that I asked for the permissions first and then : drafted the letters based on their point of view. It took me more than two : months to draft the letters as we needed to look at all the letters : altogether. When I sent out the drafts finally, there was one person who : didn't respond back, and I decided to move on from him. Some other nicer : persons still responded and of course they remembered my emails. I am still : waiting for a couple of letters that the references said that they were on a : trip, etc, and they'd look at the drafts later. : So there is a chance that they may not respond after a while, but perhaps : this may happen even if they get a draft immediately but they don't like the
c*n
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超级赞! 多谢宝贵意见,很有帮助,不光是准备推荐信,整个过程都需要follow your heart!
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【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】 : Ah, an update from that reference who didn't respond earlier! : Yesterday morning I emailed him thinking that it would be my last email to : him. The email was in a tone that if he chose not to sign the letter, I'd be : perfectly okay with it. I tried to apologize why it took me so long to send : him the draft, and perhaps the draft content was not what he's liking, but : I didn't meant to be offensive in any way, etc. I then wished him the best : in his future endeavors. : Well, this morning I got a response from him! He said that he was on travel : and he had very limited internet access, etc. He's still totally : understanding and he said that he's be happy to still sign the letter and I
h*y
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恭喜又拿到一封! eb1a就是和自己的一场战争,谁输谁赢都是一次经历,好运!
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【在 T*******y 的大作中提到】 : Ah, an update from that reference who didn't respond earlier! : Yesterday morning I emailed him thinking that it would be my last email to : him. The email was in a tone that if he chose not to sign the letter, I'd be : perfectly okay with it. I tried to apologize why it took me so long to send : him the draft, and perhaps the draft content was not what he's liking, but : I didn't meant to be offensive in any way, etc. I then wished him the best : in his future endeavors. : Well, this morning I got a response from him! He said that he was on travel : and he had very limited internet access, etc. He's still totally : understanding and he said that he's be happy to still sign the letter and I