I recommend you read the following pages by Dr. Jason King and Dr. Batista de Melo on recommendation letters as it provides guidance on what information a letter writer needs, why, timeline, and other general information about LORs.

I may be willing to write you a LOR if we have worked together in one of the four following capacities:

1. You participated in an REU program where I was your main research mentor,

2. We have worked together in a research capacity not related to an REU where you were an undergraduate student at that time,

3. You are a member of the Sorority I volunteer with and we have worked together for an extended period of time in an informal context (9+ months), or

4. Some combination of 1-3.

If this applies to you, send me an email to my NCSU email with the following information:

1. Programs applying to, with links

2. Timeline on when you need this LOR completed

3. If this is a letter I need to draft on my own or complete a questionnaire

4. Who your other recommenders are and how they know you — this is to ensure I can speak to your strengths that these others may not know about

5. Your resume

Please note, this is a request, not a guarantee. If I do not believe you are a good candidate, I will not write you a letter. It takes me 2 weeks in the Summer and 4 weeks during the Academic Year to write an LOR. If you do not provide that much time, I cannot guarantee that a letter will be ready. If you need multiple LORs (one for each application), please keep the aforementioned timeline in mind.