<p>hahaha I have some sense of ethical responsibility…</p>
<p>how about a friend who got accepted ED or EA to their first choice somewhere already?</p>
<p>^none of my (good) friends got in ED anywhere</p>
<p>i would definitely recommend to have a friend who is a year older or a year younger write it. especially at this point in the application process, your senior friends are likely scrambling to finish their applications, so i understand that they might not have time. you should hurry, though.</p>
<p>if you don’t have any friends who are a year older/younger, isn’t there ANYONE who isn’t totally bogged down? it really is a pretty simple form.</p>
<p>i decided to apply to brown instead of dartmouth. let this thread die :)</p>
<p>The peer rec is the best thing ever. I wish all colleges had it instead of a supplement.</p>
<p>^ Amen, it really made me feel grateful for what amazing friends I have, and I think its a very interesting way for a college to learn more about you.</p>
<p>That you don’t have friends who are committed enough to write you a peer recommendation says a lot about you - as a friend. Think of it that way.</p>
<p>I’m in a very competitive class - out of 90, acceptances to Stanford, Columbia, Yale, etc. already - and the first person I asked agreed to write it, though he has 10 applications due January 1. And he hasn’t completed 5 of them yet.</p>
<p>It’s all about the commitment of your friends to you. If you haven’t been a good friend, it will shine through in your letter, or in this case, you won’t be able to find anyone to even write the letter.</p>
<p>probably a good decision on your part. If taking the path of least resistance is what attracts you, I doubt the application would have progressed very far anyway.
good luck.</p>
<p>^what do you mean, justthedad? i don’t really understand what you’re saying.</p>
<p>^ Meant for the person who apparently dropped the idea of applying to Dartmouth due to the pain factor in getting a peer review done.</p>
<p>The person I asked was really really grateful that I asked them. It’s a big responsibility and shows a lot of trust in the person you ask. You’re putting your fate in their hands. If I wasn’t the only person applying to Dartmouth from my school, I would be ecstatic to write one for a friend!</p>
<p>^yeah, my friend was flattered too.</p>
<p>I just wrote one for a friend (last minute, heh). I’m happy to do it, and it didn’t take long, but I don’t know what they’re looking for. I don’t really get the point of these, and I’m a little nervous that her fate rests partially in my hands! /O</p>
<p>My friend was really enthusiastic when I asked her… she never heard of anyone needing peer recommendations before:) (Actually, me neither.)</p>
<p>It definitely does not take ten to fifteen minutes. It is one thing to spend that much time on your own essay, another to do a quick job on your friend’s recommendation. In choosing us as recommenders, our peers trusted that we would be the best people to write their recommendations. It’s an honor we can’t let down. </p>
<p>I have two to write by the end of break, and it’s a really hard process for this reason. I’m relieved that I don’t have any of my own apps to do though.</p>
<p>lol, it took me all day to write what felt like a barely adequate peer rec for a friend. and it’s 2 pages. :/</p>
<p>are you supposed to write about how your friend would fit in at dartmouth specifically?</p>
<p>I WISH someone would ask me for a peer rec. I think that would be fun!</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone I know is applying to Dartmouth, though.</p>
<p>also is the rec actually due to them on january 1, or is that just the postmark date?</p>