<p>Hi, I have urgent questions about dean's recommendation.. I know that dean's rec shouldn't be like professor's rec, but in this case, the colleges that I'm applying to are asking for my attitude, leadership, relation with peers, etc, etc which are more like recommendation letter. The form is more like a blank paper where the dean should write "something" about me.</p>
<p>The problem is, my dean refused to write me the "good standing" statement (because he doesn't know me at all) and told me to ask my professor to fill those "recommendation" part before I give my Dean the form for him to sign. What should I do??? Is he right to do that?</p>
<p>No, hes wrong. I suggest you give him the number of the schools that you want to apply to and tell him to call, or if he refuses to call them up, then bring your cell phone and call them yourself in front of him.</p>
<p>Also, most deans write that they dont know the student and write "no basis for judgment" on the recommendation form. It is totally ok.</p>
<p>I think it is fine for him to do that. Where the Dean's report calls for substantive information, I think it is quite common for Deans to have someone who knows the student better (adviser or whomever) to complete that part. Then the Dean will sign off on the good standing part.</p>
<p>Just do as the Dean suggested and you will be fine.</p>
<p>I have never heard of that, andale. If they dont know the student, then they should just write "no basis for judgment" like they do on everyone elses :confused:</p>
<p>I don't understand why he can't say you are in good standing. He doesn't have to know you to say that. Actually, if you haven't met him before, you probably are in good standing --as you have never been sent to the dean's office.</p>
<p>call the admissions office and get them to help you out.</p>
<p>Either way is fine, everyone. But lydia's Dean wants to do it this way, so she should just follow his request if possible. This is nothing to make a major issue of. Just somehow get the danged Dean Form submitted.</p>
<p>So many schools just want to hear that the kid is in good standing; the ones who want a "substantive" commentary from the Dean make it a pain, imho. But it is what it is.</p>