I cant think of anyone to give them to. Is it important?
<p>just write them yourself and mail it from another mail box!</p>
<p>hahah nice pandas</p>
<p>hm, they're OPTIONAL, right? I mean, I don't think they're all THAT important if they're optional. But, I'd get someone to do one if at all possible, because every little thing helps.</p>
<p>r u serious...but i've heard of a peer evaluation that actaully kept the student from no going there(Dartmouth).</p>
<p>I've heard reports where peer evaluations have made or broken an application. Seriously.</p>
<p>I would not follow StonedPanda's advice...there are enough stupid denials due to dishonesty without adding to them.</p>
<p>And why don't you have any peers you could give them to? You don't have peers? You're home schooled? You're universally disliked and loathed?</p>
<p>I agree with "TheDad", There was an applicant to Dartmouth and the peer evaulation said that the student had no true friends, was arrogant, and ostentatious. Dartmouth called the school and talked to the GC and found out the peer evaluation was true and denied the student admission...</p>
<p>for these peer evaluations ur supposed to ask someone like your best friend or someone that knows you very well and has nice things to say about you right? If thats the case my best friend and the person that knows me best is my boyfriend, would it be ok for him to write it but not mention he is my boyfriend? or what should i do?</p>
<p>They are important though, an admissions person from dartmouth said they take them into account because its a totally different view of you. unlike the teacher recs and stuff a peer has more to say about you personally than a teacher.</p>
<p>I can't believe Dartmouth would use these. I mean, my friends would just be like, "Ok, you write it, and I'll sign it." Teenagers are just too lazy to sit down to praise others.</p>
<p>Hoo, I wrote 2 peer evaluations this year for people applying to Dartmouth. One RD, one ED. The ED girl got accepted :) I like to think I helped a teeny bit.</p>
<p>I think, unless you truly don't think you can find anyone to write a good recomendation, peer evaluations can only help... unless of course, o good friend of yours stabs you in the back for some reason... but if it is true that schools such as Dartmouth place such high emphasis on peer evals, isn't it to your advantage to capatalize on that? What they want is some confidence that they aren't getting "arrogant, and ostentatious" people... they gain a level of confidence with the more they feel they know you. Even if your peer evals aren't GLOWING, any good insight into you as a candidate, written properly, should only benefit you. I'm currently writing a peer eval for a Dartmouth candidate, and I feel like I have a great resposibility in helping this deserving candidate gain admissions... find someone who thinks you deserve it, someone who KNOWS YOU, will be honest, yet not stab your back, and take advantage of the peer-evals, seriously</p>
<p>uhh, recommendation.. two Ms... make sure your guy knows how to spell...</p>
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for these peer evaluations ur supposed to ask someone like your best friend or someone that knows you very well and has nice things to say about you right? If thats the case my best friend and the person that knows me best is my boyfriend, would it be ok for him to write it but not mention he is my boyfriend? or what should i do?
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<p>I'm having my ex-girlfriend write mine for Davidson. She's already been accepted to Georgetown so she doesn't have any college applications to do. I agree with whoever said people are too lazy to praise others, I've been asked to write some and flat-out told my friends that I wasn't going to have any time to get around to it.</p>
<p>Ecliptica...nice friend you are, eh? Being a friend includes doing stuff when it's incovenient.</p>
<p>Outburst, yes, that's one of the one's I was thinking of, couldn't remember the school...good catch.</p>
<p>->>>There was an applicant to Dartmouth and the peer evaulation said that the student had no true friends, was arrogant, and ostentatious. Dartmouth called the school and talked to the GC and found out the peer evaluation was true and denied the student admission
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<p>holy sht ! oh well, at least he/she knows what her friends are really like. (that is if he has friends, which could be false according to the evaluation)</p>
<p>btw, I thought we were discussing college admissions, not moral character of certain members. </p>
<p><em>checks the thread again</em></p>
<p>yep, we still are.</p>
<p>You know, I used to hate TheDad, but each post of his makes me like him even more. Thanks for the real deal TheDad, some people need a dose of it!</p>
<p>I would also take TheDad's advice. I was just kidding!</p>
<p>Just give them to someone who writes well, knows you, and doesn't hate you. If that's not possible, then...hire a friend for a day?</p>