Letters
of Recommendation
If I have agreed to write a recommendation for you, please give me a
folder containing
- a copy of your transcript
- a copy of any essays or personal
statements you are including with your application
- all necessary forms, and
- an addressed envelope
Furthermore, at least two weeks before
the first letter is due, email me the answers to these questions:
1. What is your name (as you would
write it on official documents), year and major?
2. For what are you
applying?(scholarship, graduate school, etc.)
3. List the due dates for the
letters of recommendation.
4. How long have you known me?
5. List classes you have taken with
me. How did you distinguish yourself in these classes?
6. What are some of your academic
accomplishments?
7. What are some of your non-academic
accomplishments?
8. What makes you particularly
quilified for this position/honor/award?
9. What are you long term goals and
will this position/honor/award help realize them? If so, how?
10. Additional comments
(interesting jobs, hobbies, research experiences, etc.)
Please email me reminders as deadlines approach.
(adapted from "Teaching Time Savers: A Recommendation for
Recommendations" by Michael Orrison, FOCUS, May/June 2006)