REU Program Reference Letter Form | Custom Applications & Consulting Services

Referee Information

Your First Name

Your Last Name

Your Email Address

Your web page URL

REU Student Applicant Information

STUDENT First Name

STUDENT Last Name

STUDENT Email Address

Please make sure you enter this exactly as it appears in the automated reference request you received from us. This is how we link applications and references.

In what capacity have you known the applicant? For example: academic advisor, instructor (what class?), research supervisor (area?)

How long have you known the student?

How well do you know the student?

Please check the most appropriate level. Reserve "High" ranking for those above the 95th percentile.

1. How do you rate the applicant's intellectual abilities?

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2. How do you rate the applicants potential as a researcher?

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3. How well does the applicant accept responsibility and independence?

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4. How well is the applicant able to manage his/her time and carry through on tasks without supervision?

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5. How easily does the applicant adapt to new situations?

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6. How well does the applicant get along in a research group (e.g. lab)?

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7. All station residents work and live in close quarters with one another for ten weeks. How comfortable would you be with the applicant under these conditions?

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8. How comfortable is the applicant in dealing with unfamiliar people?

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9. To what extent do you recommend the applicant, relative to other students you know at a similar stage?

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Written evaluation of the student.
Please provide your frank assessment of the applicant's assets and limitations in regard to our program, and whether or not the applicant is seriously considering a career in ecology, evolutionary biology, behavior, or conservation biology. Please also feel to elaborate on any issue raised above. Examples are always very useful.

Agreement Respecting Confidentiality: It is the policy of the MLBS REU program to maintain referee confidentiality. But student applicants are given the opportunity to waive, or not waive, their right of access to this recommendation form under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy act of 1974. The program will not release referee material unless required to under the 1974 Privacy act, or other legal or University order.

Thank you very much! Please contact us if you have any questions about the reference form or the REU program: 434-982-5486 or [email protected]

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