University of South Carolina Graduate School

Online Letter of Recommendation

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Your name, title, institution and E-mail address:
Name: Institution:
Title or position: E-mail address:
Phone Number: Address:
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Applicant's name and E-mail address:
Application ID: Applicant access:
Please enter the Application ID. This MUST be the exact Application ID that the applicant used in their USC Online application.
Applicant Name: E-mail address:
Intended Field of Study:
Important specific questions:   In this section, please enter all of the information to the best of your knowledge. If you do not feel you have enough information to judge or the question does not apply in your case, please check "Not applicable". We greatly appreciate your frankness and honesty in providing this information and will give your evaluations the highest priority in making our decision.

#1   Approximately how long have you known the applicant:
3 months or less 6 months 1 year 2 years or longer Not applicable

#2   How well do you know the applicant:
Very Well Good Acquaintance Don't Know Not applicable

#3   Where would you rank this applicant with those currently in your department:
Lower 25% Mid 25% Upper 25% Highest 10% Highest 5%

#5   How would you rate this applicant's overall personality and ability to work with others:
Excellent Very good Good or average Below average Not applicable

#6   Do you think that the applicant is qualified to perform graduate work in their intended field of study:
Strongly yes Yes No Strongly no Not applicable
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