<p>Hey, </p>
<p>I have decided that I want to go to Grad School in Mechanical Engineering. I recently graduated and I'm now doing an internship. My one worry is that I had no relationship with any of my professors and only 1 internship (my current one). Therefore I do not have any real sources for letters of recommendation. I was wondering whether or not it's possible to be admitted into a grad program with less than the required amount of LORs. </p>
<p>At this point, I really only think I would be able to get 1 letter of recommendation and most programs that I'm considering require 3. The main schools that I'm looking at are Georgia Tech, UC-Davis, and CU-Boulder. So, my main question is:</p>
<p>Can I be admitted into a grad program with less than the required number of LORs? If anyone has any experience with is, it would be great to have your input.</p>
<p>Possible? Probably. Is it likely? Not really. If you don’t have letters of rec, you really don’t have a good basis for showing a gradcom that you have research skills, or the myriad factors that don’t show up as letter grades on a transcript. You will be competing against lots of students who do have the required LoRs.</p>
<p>Did you have an academic advisor in college? She/he is the first place to ask for another letter. Provide a resume and your personal statement. Another possibility is a professor you have in an advanced class or lab and where you did well.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>if you don’t have required number of reqs your file will be considered incomplete and will not even be evaluated.</p>
<p>What everyone else said. Dust off your CV and draft a copy of a personal statement, then approach professors in whose class you got an A (preferably an advanced class in your field). Remind them of when you took their class and the grade you got, and ask if they can write you a recommendation. If they say yes, you can send them a copy of your CV and your personal statement, which will help them draft the letter.</p>