I have 5 years working experience and low GPA and are preparing for the application of business school.

The school I am interested in need two recommendation letter.

I have two choices:

1. one recommendation letter from my colleague and the other from my boss, both of which are familiar with me and have a close relationship...

2. one from my boss and the other from my professor in University.

the reason I choose my professor is that I want him to prove my academic ability and thereby compensate for my poor GPA? But since he is not so familiar with me , I am not sure how many good words will he speak of me...

which method do you think will help me lot??

thank you very much..

Considering the difference between the familiarity with your colleague and that with your professsor, I would say 1 is the better choice. Also, you can write an optional essay to explain the lower GPA if you really want to clear it.

thank you...I have some more more question:

1. Can I write an additional essay if it is not in the list of essays posted by a school?

2. Do you think that the admission officer will trust my explanation of lower GPA without any support? Maybe my explanation can be better supported by some good words from professor.. But if the admission officer, generally, can trust my explanation without any support, I prefer to use my colleague as reference.

3. Do you think that one colleague that work together with me but not my boss is a good reference for me?

You are welcome.Normally, business schoosl will ask you to write an optional essay to explain or supplement some facts you consider to be improtant in your application. Again, it is the general case.

Why not the officers trust you? As long as your explanation is reasonable, they will trust (at least before they get a negative impression on your application package).

As a reference, a boss is preferable to a colleague in MBA application's cases.

thank you so much for your informantion and your patience ..

I have choose my supervisor as one of my reference...

regard to another reference, I am wondering who I should choose as reference...

one is my co-worker, who are close to me and familiar with me..

the other one is the boss of our company, who is not so close to me as my co-worker..

which one do you think help me lot??

thanks a lot..

According to my limited knowledge, Business schools prefer a supervisor to a colleague as a reference. May I ask you a question: for which type of company you work ?

in a bank.. I am a lead of a department..