# Applying for graduate school

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-graduate-school/505309>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-graduate-school/505309 "2009-08-04T17:17:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-graduate-school/505309/21 "2009-08-05T02:33:34Z")

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I was in the same position. I’d been out of school for 6 years, and none of my old professors would have remembered me. My letters all came from colleagues at work, including a couple of medical doctors, which I’m sure helped. Admissions people are human. They understand.

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