One area where I feel I'm a bit behind for my BDCP app is letters of recommendation. I can't really think of anyone to do one for me. The teachers who I connected with were in high school; I take big lecture classes in college, so I'm just another kid out of hundreds.
I fear this will hurt me a lot when everyone else seems to have some important military guy writing one. I chatted with a family friend who was a Naval aviator and I believe retired as Commander, and got some great stories and information--an amazing guy. He offered a letter if I ever needed one, however, the last time I spoke to him before this was years ago. He knows me pretty well through my parents, but I'm not sure if it would be a fair thing for me to do to ask him to write me a letter when I've only actually met him in person a few times in my life.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I won't be looking for LORs for about six months, but I'm just having trouble thinking of anyone outside my high school years who could write me a good letter. All of my Boy Scout contacts, teachers who really knew me, or anything like that would be people I last really had contact with at best 2 years before I will need my LORs.
Thanks
I fear this will hurt me a lot when everyone else seems to have some important military guy writing one. I chatted with a family friend who was a Naval aviator and I believe retired as Commander, and got some great stories and information--an amazing guy. He offered a letter if I ever needed one, however, the last time I spoke to him before this was years ago. He knows me pretty well through my parents, but I'm not sure if it would be a fair thing for me to do to ask him to write me a letter when I've only actually met him in person a few times in my life.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I won't be looking for LORs for about six months, but I'm just having trouble thinking of anyone outside my high school years who could write me a good letter. All of my Boy Scout contacts, teachers who really knew me, or anything like that would be people I last really had contact with at best 2 years before I will need my LORs.
Thanks