<p>so my friend asked me today if he could submit my peer rec online. i didn't know the answer so i am turning to you wise cc'ers. can he submit it online? and if he can, how should he go about doing it?</p>
<p>thanks. :)</p>
<p>it said on the pdf, “request its prompt return to: Dean of Admissions, 6016 McNutt Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755-3541” so i think they’re asking you to mail it. however, my question is whether the person should type the letter out or do it in handwriting?</p>
<p>I second this question.
I am writing a rec for my friend and would prefer to type it. Is one or the other preferred?</p>
<p>Dartmouth admissions stated that you are allowed to send it by email. Simply type it up in word form, convert it to pdf, and send it to the admissions email with the title that says “peer recommendation.”</p>
<p>But it is not better to do one or the other?</p>
<p>Also, is there a recommended length?</p>
<p>Ditto CO’s question about length.</p>
<p>My friend gave me the evaluation paper today and told me to write it (and since my handwriting is very small, I can fit at least 10 paragraphs in the provided space). I’m just afraid it will look less professional – especially if I make errors.</p>
<p>They very much prefer the peer rec to be typed.</p>
<p>@xavier110 - Thanks a lot! I really, really can’t screw this up for him. He even joked that if he gets in it’d be largely because of my rec.</p>
<p>My friend wrote my rec by hand and I mailed it out. She signed the seal of the envelope so they know she actually wrote it and that it’s safe and sealed.</p>
<p>i have a ‘‘stupid question’’ but well here it goes: i all ready submit both my common app and the supplement but the peer evaluation i will send it tomorrow, the problem is that since i am applying from mexico it would take about 7-10 days to arrive at Dartmouth. So is there any problem that my peer evaluation arrive by those days or there is a specific date when it must arrive?
thank you very mucho, happy holidays!</p>
<p>“The Peer Evaluation should be submitted as soon as possible and post-marked before the deadline–though we will read an application even if the Peer Evaluation has not yet arrived.”</p>
<p>[Dartmouth</a> Admissions Uncommonly Asked Questions: How should I send in the Peer Evaluation?](<a href=“http://dartmouthquestions.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-should-i-send-in-peer-evaluation.html]Dartmouth”>Dartmouth Admissions Uncommonly Asked Questions: How should I send in the Peer Evaluation?) </p>
<p>By postmarked, they mean the letter must at least be in stamped by the post office by the deadline (showing that the post office received your letter and is about to mail it out). You will be fine!</p>
<p>I mailed mine in this Monday, I think.</p>
<p>Yeah I was talking about the link above. It also says that it is “best” if you email the file as a pdf. Obviously it is easier for the admissions if you email it, as you can avoid any unnecessary delays.</p>
<p>^yes, you’re right. I didn’t say anything against that. I used “snail mail” because my friend who wrote my peer eval wanted to handwrite everything, which was fine by me. This just meant that I had to send it out via regular mail, which is okay!</p>
<p>What is the sender’s address supposed to be? The physical address where my peer recommender actually lives in or our school address? The latter should make ad-com work easier… </p>
<p>Which one?</p>
<p>I gave an envelope to my friend and she put the rec in it. She signed the seal on the back of the envelope so admissions will know it’s a legitimate peer eval and I didn’t tamper with it or anything. I actually sent it out myself, because she went on vacation and obviously couldn’t send it. Therefore, the “from” is actually my address. I don’t think admissions will care, though, b/c it’s not like they’re going to send anything back to the “from” person on the letter. Besides, she did sign the seal so everything is good.</p>
<p>Does the Peer need to put any of their own details,or sign it?If so,where exactly?</p>
<p>^I don’t think it’s required that they sign anything, but my friend signed the seal of the envelope (see my previous post)</p>
<p>^Thanks RS.I’ll get mine to do that then.But what about contact info,do they need to put their email/phone etc somewhere?</p>
<p>^I don’t think so. There’s nothing on their website that says anything about that. I don’t think they want the evaluator’s contact info b/c they probably receive hundreds of thousands of evals and they are <em>not</em> going to call every single person. Just print their name on the alloted space and ask them to sign (obv. in cursive) their name on the seal.</p>
<p>how does it have to be though, in terms of writing styles? my classmate wrote mine and the writing style is freakishly similar which is something i hope will not make me look like a complete fool who wrote it…and it sounds formal too, although there are examples…am i screwed by that?</p>