peer evaluation

<p>the things is, all my friends are busy w/a million apps...the teacher i would ask is someone i'm pretty close with...like he's very easygoing and jokes around w/the entire class all the time. i mean he sort of came up w/my nickname that everybody uses now.</p>

<p>Well, the first thing the admissions committee thinks when they see your peer rec will likely be "why is this kid so socially maladjusted that he had to get a teacher to write his peer rec?" Busy friends isn't exactly a new problem for Dartmouth applicants; it's just something you'll have to deal with, unless you really believe the benefits outweigh the risks of asking your teacher to write your peer rec.</p>

<p>yea that's true...oh forget the teacher</p>

<p>btw, thanks!</p>

<p>ps. do u think it matters if that friend is a really good writer or not?</p>

<p>there was a form? uh oh.....</p>

<p>My friend asked me to write him a Peer Evaluation for Darthmouth except I have no idea how to start or how to write an evaluation. Any suggestions?</p>

<p>^^Try to think of an anecdote that expresses the essence of who your friend is, and of what they can contribute to a college community.</p>

<p>Kind of a dumb question, but here goes..
Does the peer review have to be hand-written after you print out the form?</p>

<p>not necessarily</p>

<p>so how do you do it if not by writing it by hand?</p>

<p>try to align the print onto appropriate margins on the form</p>

<p>i'm supposed to do a peer eval for my boyfriend. and.. i'm just wondering if it's advisable to disclose the romantic nature of the relationship?</p>

<p>i think mentioning that he's your boyfriend is a good idea, but anything beyond that might border on "too much info" :-)
but its your call, really... i don't know much about admissions and stuff...</p>

<p>do you actually have to write on the form or could you type it and print the answers off on a separate sheet then attach them to the paper?</p>

<p>You can do that, as long as the information on the form is filled out.</p>

<p>what if i forgot about the peer rec form?</p>

<p>Does anyone know if the peer evaluation can be typed? I'm writing for three friends... don't want my sloppy handwriting to screw them over.</p>

<p>Are siblings ok for peer evals?</p>

<p>type your peer evals (really, do you want an AdCom to be poring over handwritten answers? no).</p>

<p>Does it have to be on the form? Of course not. If you're sending in the form as well, just write "see attached". Pretty simple. </p>

<p>Do you HAVE to send in the form? of course not ... it's probably better if you do, but it's not really necessary, just as long as you throw in that it's a peer-rec for so-and-so from anywhere,state,country (as it may be) it'll be linked up properly, hopefully.</p>

<p>anyone CAN write one ... i would advise against a sibling/parent/not-really-peer, b/c, well ... it's supposed to be a peer. get a friend to do it.</p>

<p>as far as gf/bf ... your relationship to the applicant really isn't important, what IS important is to reveal insights into the applicant's personality and potential that cannot be gleaned from their essay and teacher recs. Should you mention it? If it's important to discussing the aforementioned. do you have to? of course not.</p>

<p>really people. use your common sense and it'll be fine!</p>

<p>I'm in the middle of writing the peer eval for my ex-boyfriend, and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to PM a peer eval they did, just to see whether or not mine stands on its own.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>rightnotleft -- Regarding the "see attached" deal, I'm not sure if that is advisable. It specifically says to utilize the reverse of the form to write the extended response.</p>