If a college supplement is a peer evaluation, who is the best person to give this to and how far can the word “peer” bend? I’m too afraid to give it to actual friends from school because I come from a school where nobody really drives for excellence. I can safely assume any friend would have something like “she’s cool, she’s smart, kinda quiet, loves Harry Potter, hates math, knows alot of stuff about movies, that’s all really.” That is the kinda thing I could expect just because my friends, as nice as they are, are not that great at putting though to paper, and would therefore not include truly meaningful insight into my personality. I do however, have a very good friend, but he was once my teacher. We have kept in touch and he knows me better than some of my friends, just because he and I are a lot alike. Would it be bad to ask him to fill out a peer evaluation? I trust him more than anybody my age. Plus, he’s only 9 years older so there is a “peer” sort of thing there.
<p>Another option would be siblings, if you have any.</p>
<p>I'm an only child.</p>
<p>you give it to a friend. they want to see how you are regarded on a daily basis. if you do otherwise, you look like you aren't following directions.</p>
<p>if you doubt someone is a peer, then you answer your own question as to whether they are appropriate.</p>
<p>This particular teacher is basically a friend now. We talk as friends, we just don't do anything as friends is all.</p>
<p>I think what you want is the very best application possible, and you want the peer evaluation to be good too. In my opinion though, you need to balance the risk versus the possible gain of having a much older person write the peer eval. </p>
<p>The possible gain is small. They are looking at curriculum, gpa, rank, SAT, SAT II's, EC's, essays, GC rec, teacher recs, and maybe even AP scores. Out of all of that, the peer eval is not going to be heavily weighted. If you have a nice person who can't write a peer evaluation very well go ahead and write it, no big deal.</p>
<p>The risk is that you having a person nine years older write it will raise a red flag. They may assume that if you can't find somebody your own age to do it, then you might (I emphasize only might) be the person in the group that everyone plays get away with, and that your head goes into the toilet at least once a week.</p>
<p>I agree with Dufus, that you should be getting a peer vs having one of your former teachers to write your rec. Having a your teacher write the rec vs a friend in your peer group does send a message that on how you view your peers which could have a negative reflection on you.</p>
<p>elizabeth, I had to laugh. If S's sister wrote his peer evaluation, he would never be admitted to college! She answered the first call that came to our house from a coach on July 1, and she allowed as to how she could have ruined his chances right then........</p>
<p>It would not be unusual for a normal person to ask "What do you want me to say?" upon being given a peer evaluation to fill out. You could give some hints.</p>