<p>I should add that there’s a difference between a natural back-and-forth, ongoing exchange about graduate school and once-in-a-while contact. For example, one of my D’s LOR writers wanted to meet with her weekly during the fall semester to help her through the process; this wasn’t something my D asked for, or even expected. She gleaned a lot of information in the context of their conversations, and her professor got to know her even better; however, my D didn’t communicate this regularly about grad school with her other LOR writers. The only reason it happened was because the meetings were initiated by the professor.</p>
<p>But my D was prepared to do the whole process on her own. Most students do.</p>