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Hm. Do you have any other choices?
If I was in your shoes, I would do my best to not write my own rec letter. I think that my personal mark on the letter would be too obvious. In other words, I agree with ManUnderFire.
I've actually seen one of my LORs after application season ended. It was different from what I would've expected.
In my opinion, the fact that you're being asked to write your own LOR indicates that the writer isn't willing to put in the time and effort for one of two reasons:
1) They're busy. This is very possible.
2) They don't really care. This is also possible.
As a result, I highly doubt that they'll spend much effort checking the LOR you wrote. They'll probably skim it once to make sure that it doesn't look like a 10 year old wrote it, sign it, and mail it. I wouldn't count on them making sure that the LOR is something they'd be proud to sign.
If I was in your shoes, I would do my best to not write my own rec letter. I think that my personal mark on the letter would be too obvious. In other words, I agree with ManUnderFire.
I've actually seen one of my LORs after application season ended. It was different from what I would've expected.
In my opinion, the fact that you're being asked to write your own LOR indicates that the writer isn't willing to put in the time and effort for one of two reasons:
1) They're busy. This is very possible.
2) They don't really care. This is also possible.
As a result, I highly doubt that they'll spend much effort checking the LOR you wrote. They'll probably skim it once to make sure that it doesn't look like a 10 year old wrote it, sign it, and mail it. I wouldn't count on them making sure that the LOR is something they'd be proud to sign.