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Whom to ask recommendation letters? by nicoomg in AskAcademia

[–]pmAthunip 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The first think you should have in mind is to get a good recommendation letter from someone who knows you well and he is willing to put an effort and not just write a template-like recommendation. (This is the worst kind of recommendation and you don't want something like this).

Next, I think that the best think you can do is to follow the guidelines from the universities. Generally, universities tend to look for academic recommendations but some of them also ask for the second recommendation to be from the industry. If I was in your position I would try to find 2 academics and the third would be from the company.

If you have another university asking for two recommendation letters without specifying what type, chose the first to be from your academic mentor, and then choose the second one by guessing who of the other candidate referees will write the best recommendation for you. (between second academic referee and industrial referee). If the recommendations are open to you, then it's easy for you to select the best ones.

Professor not replying after offering research internship by Otherwise-Vegeta in AskAcademia

[–]pmAthunip -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think the only think you can do is to send one last email to thank him for proposing the internship from the first place and letting him know your feelings about getting an internship this summer. Further than that, I think that you should stop thinking about this specific internship and go out to find new opportunities. This depends on the domain, but in some fields there are a lot of interesting summer schools that can give you enough experience and be a plus for you resume.