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  • Student Questionnaire for a Teacher Recommendation

    Complete this form to help your teacher provide a recommendation on your behalf. The more specific the details you give, the more personal and effective your recommendation will be. The questions come from both the Common App and Johns Hopkins Admissions resource materials.
  • Prior to submitting this questionnaire, you must register your recommendation request using the Recommendation Request Form.

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    You may not continue with this form until you have registered your letter of recommendation request using the Recommendation Request Form. Once you have registered your request, you may complete this questionnaire, but you will need to close the window and start over. The SAVE button will only recycle this screen. 

  • Contact Information

  • The following questions refer to a single class, but if the teacher taught you multiple classes, you may adapt your answers as appropriate. If your teacher is also your club supervisor, feel free to expand your answers to include your role as a club member.

  • Listed below are attributes that colleges consider when evaluating your application. Pick one or two of these attributes and in the space below, share an example of a time when you demonstrated the characteristic(s) in class.

    Academic achievement   Maturity
    Intellectual promise   Motivation
    Quality of writing   Leadership
    Creative and original thought   Integrity
    Productive class discussion   Reaction to setbacks
    Respect accorded by faculty   Concern for others
    Disciplined work habits   Self-confidence
    Intiative   Independence
  • Credentials and Documentation

  • The following optional elements allow you to upload or provide links to files (resume, transcript, AP/IB student score page, completed work) that will help your teacher write a letter of recommendation in support of your application. 

    Soft copies of this documentation are nice, but many teachers prefer hard copies as well. You should therefore consider providing hard copies if you think the documentation is crucial for the teacher to write a well-informed letter on your behalf. 

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