<p>A friend of mine who attends WUSTL offered to write a letter of recommendation to the Director of Admissions for me. Does this really have much of an impact? Whether it be alot or a little?</p>
<p>From a present undergrad - no impact.</p>
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<p>I think it will even have a negative impact on you.</p>
<p>No it won’t help</p>
<p>Probably no impact, unless your friend is a highly respected person at the WashU campus.</p>
<p>It may be taken seriously as a personal reference, not as a professional assessment, though.</p>
<p>All right, thanks everyone.
@FB - I can understand it having no impact, but how would it have a negative impact?</p>
<p>I don’t believe it will have any negative impact on you at all. As I mentioned in my previous post, it will be looked at as a personal reference similar to a letter you get from a family member or a relative. </p>
<p>In my opinion, a letter from a classmate/friend will carry some value as it may attest to some leadership skills, team work, testimonial to helping others, etc. </p>
<p>Overall it’s a plus!</p>
<p>If you want my two cents, I think it’s a silly thing to do. First, if you have applied for admission as a freshmen, it’s way to late in the process (and you look rather dimwitted not to realize that). Second, even if it wasn’t late, the admissions staff are buried in paper – that’s why they ask you not provide more than three letters of recommendation. If they start giving consideration to letters from current students, they are opening the doors to torrents of more paper. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t do it.</p>
<p>I agree. A waste of time and decisions have been made anyway. Plus, I don’t think it would carry any weight at all…zero</p>