What the heck is the purpose of the peer evaluation form?

<p>can't people just fake this form?</p>

<p>Well technically speaking, couldn't you fake your teacher and GC recs too? Most people (I hope) don't because of moral issues.</p>

<p>Does a certain college require peer evaluations? I haven't heard of any that do--in my school they're used by our GCs so they can add additional information to their recs that will make it seem more personal.</p>

<p>Dartmouth and Williams use them-</p>

<p>^Ah, I see. Thanks, b'smom.</p>

<p>To see if you have friends...to see if anyone actually likes you?</p>

<p>Personally, I know somebody who wants to go to Dartmouth. She is a pretty grade-grubbing person, and nobody really likes her...It was a real problem for her to come up with anyone to do it for her. She ended up having her sister write it in pure desperation. </p>

<p>Plus, a personal friend can sometimes more directly describe you than either yourself or a GC you've met 3x. They may reveal something that makes you really you. if you think about college as marriage, it's sort of the blind-date philosophy...you hear from another person about how great applicant x is.</p>

<p>lol i have no answer for this question.....i guess to have a different viewpoint on the applicant?</p>