<p>What should the peer eval be like? Any info or comments would be appreciated. :)</p>
<p>if you do an Advanced Search under the Dartmouth forum you will find a lot of discussion.</p>
<p>Ok, just found general talk. Any specific points?</p>
<p>I would think that the point of the peer eval is to flesh out the portrait of you as an individual.</p>
<p>My son picked a friend who had known him for a long time, was a good writer, and whom he trusted to be honest and not cynical about it. From that point, it was up to the friend to say whatever he wished. (My S also did a peer eval for another friend. I have no idea what he said.) </p>
<p>I think it is important that you select someone who understand what the eval is supposed to be and who the audience is, rather than someone who will think that reiterating your resume or test scores will help your case.</p>
<p>Agree with Consolation. In an on-campus info session, we were told that a good peer evaluation would tell the admissions officers something that would not be otherwise be ascertained from the balance of materials submitted - ie, let the transcripts speak for the academic acheivements and the application speak for the ec's. This is an opportunity to make you more real to admissions - to tell them something about your character or personality. Anecdotal evidence is great if possible. That is to say, if you have a peer who knows you well and he/she says Spidey has this or that desireable characteristic, the point is made even better if your peer can illustrate that by recounting something specific which illustrates the point. Not requisite, but helpful. Certainly it can attest to your intelligence and accomplishments as well, but this is a great opportunity to say more.</p>