<p>Alright, is there any way I can get into grad school without letters of recommendation. I really don't have any relationships with my profs and I don't have any options to even get one LOR let alone the 3 or 4 the some schools want. I'm a decent student and have made the dean's list once, but my profs aren't exactly the relationship building type and neither am I. At this point, I will be working and taking classes full time, so the whole LOR thing just isn't going to happen for me. Do I have any other options?</p>
<p>If LORs are a requirement for your program (and they are for "respectable" ones), and you decide against turning one in ... I think you can safely bid farewell to any hopes for admission. What is it that you have against building relationships? Regardless of what field you're in, collaboration and communication are essential skills to have.</p>
<p>Yes, choose a school that doesn't require them (won't be a so called "top" school). I got into a master's program without recommendations or the GRE/GMAT. It's not a top school, but a well known respectable school. I'm getting my MS in Information Technology. I chose it because what I would learn will definitely help me in the future and increase my earning potential. Names really don't matter unless you want one of those "elite" jobs. I've gotten called for a few internships and am now awaiting a decision. </p>
<p>But like the above poster said, you should try to build relationships. Even staying after class for ten minutes to go over a problem in class is relationship building. I know it's hard when working full time.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Its not that I am against relationship building, its just that I honestly don't have the time. I'm a commuter and work, so driving takes up all my free time. By the way Im a sport management major and thats what I would want to go to grad school for. I'm not at all worried about the name of the institution. I used to go to a top 40 and now im at a state school and about to transfer to another state school. I dont care about names and I really dont have the qualifications to get in them ne way. So if anyone knows a sport management grad program that i wouldnt need LORs to get into, lmk. Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Since a grad degree is not important to suceed in that field, what is the purpose of going? It is just milking you for money, I think. </p>
<p>Building relationships is essential in careers like that. So it speaks very poorly that you can't scare up a couple of profs who were impressed by you.</p>
<p>But I don't think that is really a 'real' grad program. I will stand to be corrected. But since it is kind of a fake program of study, I don't think LOR will matter as much as your ability to pay for the program.</p>
<p>You work? Don't you have a supervisor that you could get a LOR from? Worst case scenario, get a crappy letter of recommendation from a professor who taught a course in your department. Perhaps it can be one for whom you wrote a paper, just remind the prof about the paper you wrote, explain how much you loved his course and tell him that you want to go on to further studying in his area. Brownparent's comments are irrelevant in many fields as "milking you for money" is something that happens to undergrads and "a grad degree is not important to succeed" is monumentally bad advice in nearly all technical fields where a grad degree is a de facto ticket to play. I don't know how different sports management is from other business tracks but if it is anything like business administration, you will probably need some work experience before returning to grad school (for an MBA).</p>