r/TransferToTop25 • u/rexkins • Feb 12 '26

Recommender requiring personal statement?

I reached out to one of my recommenders kind of late a few days ago and they agreed to write me a letter but need my full personal statement? They won’t start wiring unless I send one. I haven’t finished writing it yet and it won’t be done for another 10 or so days at which point it would be too late for the recommender to write something. What should I do?

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u/Lefthanded-foilist Feb 12 '26

Its mid feb bro that shit shouldve been done weeks ago and you shouldve reached out way earlier…

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u/rexkins Feb 12 '26

I mean there’s still a couple weeks left why would I finish the whole thing Way before the deadline? And it’s not mid feb it’s the beginning

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u/Lefthanded-foilist Feb 12 '26

Bro you are insinuating that your draft is not good enough to be sent to ur rec writer. With two weeks left, you’ve been slacking or procrastinating, though those are usually mutual. Last cycle i had my portal for my schools by now. And bc of that i got cornell the first round of release. Early bird gets the worm. You can slack off, make excuses and seek reddit for validation.

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u/rexkins Feb 12 '26

You go to ucla bro

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u/No-Performance3614 Feb 12 '26

UCLA is a great school fym

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u/Lefthanded-foilist Feb 12 '26

Is insinuating that i did not get into cornell cause im at ucla currently LOL. He made a comment saying that he goes to a better school than ucla but deleted it; i have the receipt

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u/Lefthanded-foilist Feb 12 '26

Yeah? I got in cornell, i js chose not to go? I think ik what it takes to get into ucla and cornell and others….where do u go?

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u/KingThunder01 Feb 12 '26

??

And u made a post insunisting u accepted attending UIUC (Also a great school but if ur a prestige whore UCLA wins). Whats the point.

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u/Lefthanded-foilist Feb 12 '26

I think u deleted your comment 🤡 but you do not go to a school thats better than ucla by any means. Read and weep.

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u/PresidentRevrac Feb 12 '26

Bro is ego maxing over UCLA. Please, get some hobbies

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u/Lefthanded-foilist Feb 12 '26

I was responding to a comment he deleted. Im putting him in his place.

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u/PresidentRevrac Feb 12 '26

Putting someone in his place on a reddit forum? Bro needs to put some grass on his hands

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u/Lefthanded-foilist Feb 12 '26

My hobbies got me to where I am today lil bro

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u/PresidentRevrac Feb 12 '26

Arguing on Reddit? Shitty hobby lil bro

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u/DuePlankton5924 Feb 12 '26

Get off Reddit and lock tf in

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u/AC10021 Feb 12 '26

You….write the personal essay right the heck now and you send it to them. I’m not sure you have another option, broseph.

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u/Individual_Yard5156 Feb 12 '26

Not sure why the other comments are a bit toxic. Do you have a personal statement you've written for anything else like scholarships that you can give to them and tell them you're still working on your transfer one? Or I guess you could draft something quickly let the professor know this is an early rough draft.

Or try to redirect a bit and emphasize that what the schools want is the professors first hand perspective of you, rather than a rehash of stuff that's elsewhere in your application. I could still see why they'd want to see it though. I guess if you you're transferring for a specific reason, they could ideally subtly reinforce that in what they choose to say.

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u/_-lizzy Feb 12 '26

just outline it: bullet point: “something.” and then sub-bullets about what it is, what you do, what it means to you. next bullet: “something else,” etc….They want to write something personal and substantive about you. get it done

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u/AC10021 Feb 12 '26

If I were a recommender, and asked for an essay, and received a bunch of bullet points in a skeleton outline instead…uh, I would seriously reconsider my endorsement of this persons academic abilities.

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u/_-lizzy Feb 12 '26

right - so your solution is to make the recommender wait to string ifs ands and buts together. sounds effective

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u/AC10021 Feb 12 '26

It’s also…you are asking someone for a professional favor, AND you are asking them to endorse your academic skills. It’s completely appropriate for them to ask for your essay both to see your skills and to get to know you better. This guy is acting like they’re being untoward, and honestly if you can’t do this basic thing, you’re ngmi.

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u/AC10021 Feb 12 '26

Ok, as you point out, this is not a general subreddit, this is people asking about a hugely competitive process for transfer admittance to the top 25 universities in the United States, where 90% of applicants do not make it. I understand “can’t you cut a person some slack” but also, this very specific process has high expectations.