{"id":309,"date":"2021-10-03T20:18:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T20:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=faqs&#038;p=309"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:41:10","slug":"who-should-my-references-be-and-how-do-they-submit-my-letters-of-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"faqs","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/faqs\/who-should-my-references-be-and-how-do-they-submit-my-letters-of-recommendation\/","title":{"rendered":"Who should my references be and how do they submit my letters of recommendation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You\u2019ll need two letters of recommendation to complete your MSRP application. At least one must be from a faculty membe<strong>r<\/strong> at an institution where you\u2019ve taken classes or conducted research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you\u2019ve had prior research experience, whether at your home institution or elsewhere, one letter must come from a research supervisor. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you\u2019ve participated in MSRP before, one letter must be from your MIT research mentor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All recommendation letters are submitted online. Once you enter your recommenders\u2019 information in the application, they\u2019ll automatically receive an email with a link to submit their letter and answer a few questions. Please remind them to check their spam or junk folders in case the email gets filtered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can resend the reference request link at any time before the application deadline, even after submitting your application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faq_category":[12],"class_list":["post-309","faqs","type-faqs","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-application"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faqs"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4250,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faqs\/309\/revisions\/4250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}