GRADUATE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION
GRADUATE EDUCATION REFERENCE FORM
TO THE APPLICANT
Print your name and address on the line below and indicate whether you wish to WAIVE your right of access to this reference.
Then submit this form to your recommender to complete and return to Vanguard University.
Name of Applicant _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Last
First
Middle
Applicant’s Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Number and Street
City
State
Zip
Phone (__________) ______________________________ Email _________________________________________________________
I, the above named applicant, WAIVE any rights to read or obtain copies of this recommendation knowing that this waiver
is NOT required as a condition for admission.
I, the above named applicant, DO NOT WAIVE any right I have to read or obtain copies of this form after it has been
completed by the recommender and mailed to Vanguard University Graduate Admissions.
Signature ___________________________________________________________________ Date _____________________________
Term you are applying for admission:
Fall
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Summer Year: _____________
TO THE RECOMMENDER
The Admissions Committee cannot use letters of reference intended to be confidential unless the applicant waives any and all rights
of access to this letter. If this reference is intended to be confidential, the student must indicate it above.
The University is particularly interested in an evaluation of the applicant’s potential for academic and professional achievement in
the field indicated. Explicit descriptions of academic strengths and weaknesses are more helpful to the candidate than routine praise.
Comments about character, integrity, or motivation are also appreciated, if pertinent. The experience upon which the opinion of the
writer is based should be described. Rankings should be related to other students in the same class or academic program, or other
persons of comparable experience.
PLEASE USE THE SPACE PROVIDED TO WRITE ABOUT THE APPLICANT, OR ATTACH A SEPARATE LETTER.
No Basis For
Upper 1 or 2%
Upper 10%
Upper 25%
Upper Half
Lower Half
Judgment
Intellectual Ability
Imagination and
Creativity
Ability in Oral
Expression
Writing Ability
Character & Personal
Integrity
Among the individuals I have known in recent years in the applicant’s field and at a comparable level of study/achievement, I would
rank this applicant in the upper _______ %