<p>I am currently a first year at the University of South Florida and am looking to transfer to Boston University. Now, I probably have the grades to get in (I got in the first time around but didn't have the money) but I was concerned about the Academic Evaluator portion of the application. Going to this huge school as a freshman, I am in intro courses mainly so there are 600 kids in a class and despite having gone to office hours have gotten to know my professors about as well as I know Barrack Obama. Is this evaluation very personal essay type thing or is it just a fill in the blank b.s kind of thing saying I am a good student? I see that it can be an academic advisor so that led me to believe it doesn't have to be very intimate.
I appreciate any guidance anyone can offer.
Thanks!</p>
<p>It would certainly be better to have a warm recommendation than to have a tepid one. You might call the BU admissions office and ask if they would be willing to use the recommendations on file from your freshman application.</p>
<p>Also, if you have the time and opportunity, get into a smaller seminar class for the spring semester and work on building a relationship that will lead to a warm recommendation. Prerequisites are not set in stone - I’ve negotiated my way into half a dozen upper-division courses without taking the pre-reqs over the years. </p>