Reco Check/Verification
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03 Sep 2007, 01:11
How exactly do schools verify the recs? At first I thought they just use Kroll and Kroll ask the recommender if he is the one who wrote the rec, and that's it.
But then I took a closer look at the rec forms and some of them say the school "might contact the recommender for CLARIFICATION". now to me that sounds like they'll actually have a conversation and can ask a number of questions.
Now this is getting me paranoid, because well, my boss ain't the person of highest integrity. A bit shady in the way he treats people, for example he promised many thing such as promotions, more challenges, bigger role etc which he has NOT fulfilled. Also he's the jealous type with an inferiority complex (he has much crappier pedigree than me). He knows as soon as I go off to a good bschool, i'll be 100 times more successful than him. Throughout my years with the company, he has talked about my pedigree with a hint of sarcasm.
Now, I've done very well at work, and treated everyone with respect, and my boss says he will write a good rec and will show me. So if I see it, I would know the rec itself is positive. I am just worried that if adcom actually calls, he might say something different from what he writes.
Of course I can ask a coworker or someone to write it, but still, he's my direct supervisor it would make sense for him to write it.
AM I JUST BEING PARANOID????