<p>Is it important to have a peer evalution?</p>
<p>Not all that much. I got in without a peer evaluation in RD, and know a lot of people with the same case.</p>
<p>It does not lessen your chances if you do not choose to submit one.
I will be submitting one though.</p>
<p>No one can say definitively what the tipping point is for any application. I'm certain there are many who were admitted without a peer evaluation, just as I am sure that there are those applications for which the peer evaluation was the tipping point.</p>
<p>If you have someone available who can write a really good one, by all means. If not, the consensus is not to sweat it.</p>
<p>BTW: My D wrote a very cute one for my S who now attends Williams.</p>
<p>Ok. I'll try to ask my best friend to see if he can write something for me since he is really good with writing and know me a lot. Thanks for the suggestions.</p>
<p>seraph508: A peer evaluation can be a good venue to let Williams get to know you in a way that the other elements of the application cannot. My daughter wrote a nice peer evaluation for my son. She thought he was a good match for Williams, but thought that his "stats" might not make that as evident to the school as some annecdotes about him would. He's a student at Williams now - the school really was a good match for him!</p>
<p>great suggestions everyone. I've already asked my friend to write one for me.</p>
<p>It doesn't appear that Williams asks for a peer recommendation any longer. Is that correct or did my son just not see that request on the application and supplement?</p>