<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I'm just about to wrap up an internship w/ my Senator's office. I researched econ and labor issues for one of the Legislative Aides for the summer. When I asked him to write me a letter of rec, he told me to write my own. I've never done this before. How should I go about this? I can't be cocky, but I am proud of my accomplishments. Have any of you dealt with this before? Thanks!</p>
<p>MM</p>
<p>I wouldn't know how; not that creative. But man, what a jerk.</p>
<p>I don't think you can write your own letter of recommendation...I agree, what a jerk.</p>
<p>i'm guessing he means, you write it and he'll sign in. pretty sweet deal if you ask me! just don't exaggerate things and you should be fine.</p>
<p>I've heard of this before, and had to do this. Professors do this when they are busy, or when they want to know more about you and see what you would right for yourself. It is a good self-inventory exercise as well!</p>
<p>Find a sample letter of recommendation online (google a few and read them) and go off of that. The Senator will probably read it and maybe make corrections or suggestions and sign it.</p>
<p>A lot of the people that right you letters of recommendation do it straight off your resume if they don't know you that well and this can give you a chance to do something different. =)</p>
<p>too bad. i gave the superintendent my resume, and she at least had another staff member write it based off of that and reviewed it from there (i go to school in a large school district, so I definitely wasn't offended, but was really grateful!). think of it as an advantage: now you can include most of the work you've done on that recommendation that the senator wouldn't ordinarily know!</p>
<p>that sounds a bit inappropriate. Alot of times people will write one for you and then tell you to edit it, but writing one for yourself...I'm not so sure about that</p>
<p>My high school is huge (3000+) and there are only 6 counselors for all of us. Obviously, my counselor probably won't remember me from the other 499 he counsels, and some programs require a recommendation from a couselor. So they usually ask you to write a list of traits, and they will elaborate, put them into a paragraph, and then type and sign it. It is a little unfair, but so is the practice of asking for counselors to give reccomendations when they know that not everyone might know their couselor that well.</p>
<p>Busy professor's, businessmen, congressmen, etc. will almost always do things this way. Think of it this way: Do you want your Senator taking time to write some intern a letter of rec. or do you want him worrying about the issues he's been appointed to manage? I've had to write myself a letter of rec. for a college adviser and for an internship. Not only is there nothing wrong with this--the individual does sign and review the document--but it makes you look better. Think of this as an opportunity to decide exactly what you want to highlight and what will make you look the very best. Having you write a letter for yourself is a huge advantage--especially when signed by a senator (state or fed).</p>
<p>First of all, writing your own letter of rec is kind of dodgy ethics-wise...but...nobody ever said it was wrong! This is an AWESOME opportunity to make yourself sound 100x better than if he wrote it. I'm so jealous ;).</p>
<p>I was asked to do this once...I just wrote a short little paragraph about what I did/what my responsibilities were, and then some ways I demonstrated character, whatever. Honestly, don't shy away from "One of the brightest interns I've had in X years..." LOL.</p>
<p>"best intern i have ever had"</p>
<p>"gift to society"</p>
<p>or for your opening line</p>
<p>"i have never had an intern that was made in gods image, until i met..."</p>
<p>that opening line is a keeper.</p>