<p>Just out of curiosity, does it matter if I waive my right to see the recommendation letters? Most importantly, what happens if I forgot to sign that part?!?
The first letter I did waive my right, but for the second one I completely forgot to even sign it.(I know,,how dumb was that)
What should I do??</p>
<p>LOL. I was just about to post the same thing. I went to see my profs for recs yesterday and got so caught up in it that I forgot to sign that part, on both. I’m hoping it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>haha at least I won’t be the only one 
I think I want to go to my prof and tell her that I forgot to sign the paper but I’m kinda worried too that I’m gonna look soooo clumsy and out of my mind (which i don’t deny it in some apsects lol)</p>
<p>WOW… everyone’s cool, I did signed I wish NOT to waive my right… anyway… hope don’t matter…</p>
<p>In most cases, it is better to waive your rights, as it allows the professor free reign over what he or she writes and the admissions committee will see that. In fact, Columbia doesn’t even give you the option to not waive your rights.</p>
<p>The admissions committee takes recommendations more seriously if the rights of the students are waived. </p>
<p>I would take it more seriously if a professor praises a student without the student able to see such remarks. </p>
<p>I would wonder if the right of the students would influence the professors remarks to be exaggerated. But thats just me!</p>
<p>not waiving your right to see the recs shows that you don’t trust your professor, and it just seems really tacky to me. If you’ve developed a good enough relationship with the professor then you should feel confident he/she will write you a great rec. anyway. </p>
<p>I had one of my professors offer to let me read my recommendation. I politely declined, simply because I think it’s an awkward situation. You don’t want to be second-guessing thinking “what if the did/didn’t say this?” would I have gotten in here? I had a great relationship with my professors and trusted them to write me great recommendations, which I’m sure they all did.</p>
<p>I always thought that if you didn’t waive your right to see your recs, you had something to hide.</p>
<p>If one waives their right to see a rec, the admissions committee will assume that the prof had the opportunity to write an open and honest letter. That’s all.</p>