Faculty Recommendation Form

This completed form may be included with the application if the reference places it in a sealed envelope with his or her signature over the seal. It may also be mailed separately by the reference to the address below.

Name of Applicant: 

Social Security #: 

To Applicant: WAIVER OF RIGHTS UNDER THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT OF 1974. I hereby waive my rights to inspect and revise and to have access to this Recommendation Form, when completed, provided that the information on this Recommendation Form is used solely in connection with my application to the Montana State University - Bozeman REU Program.

Signature: 

Date: 

TO THE INDIVIDUAL COMPLETING THIS FORM:

Thank you for your time in providing this reference.  The person whose name appears above is applying for the Research Experience for Undergraduates at Montana State University - Bozeman and has listed you as a reference.  The college will appreciate a frank appraisal by you of the applicant.  Please complete the following form at your earliest opportunity.  Failure to return this form may adversely affect the applicant's admission. This information will be kept strictly confidential if the applicant has signed the above waiver.  If the waiver has not been signed the applicant has a right to request access to this reference.  Please use extra sheets if more space is needed.

Reference Name:

Date:

1. How long, how well, and under what conditions have you known the applicant?

2. Was the applicant ever in a class you taught?

3. Do you know of any problems related to responsibility, qualifications, or performance which should be considered?

4. Please provide us with your overall assessment of the applicant and his/her potential for success in the REU program.

5. Please check the appropriate box to indicate your assessment of the applicant with regard to the following qualities.  Strike out any question you judge to be not applicable or which you cannot fairly answer.

	Poor	Below Average	Average	Good	Excellent
Grasp of Basic Science
Grasp of Mathematics
Suitability for Experimental Work
Intellectual Independence
Suitability for Theoretical Work
Capacity for Analytical Thinking
Initiative, Drive, and Motivation

6. Where would you rank the applicant among your other students who have gone on to graduate studies, in comparable fields, in recent years?

Upper 10%

Upper 25%

Upper 50%

Lower 50%

7. Please circle one:

• I would STRONGLY RECOMMEND this applicant for admission to the REU Program.
• I would RECOMMEND this applicant for admission to the REU Program.
• I would RECOMMEND WITH RESERVATION this applicant for admission to the REU Program.
• I DO NOT RECOMMEND this applicant for admission to the REU Program.

Signature:

Title:

Phone:

E-mail:

Feel free to append any additional information (including a brief letter) you would like.  Please send this form by February 29^th, 2008 to:

Prof. Yves Idzerda
NSF REU Program
Dept. of Physics
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT  59717

Phone: (406) 994-7838
Fax: (406) 994-4452
E-mail: Idzerda@physics.montana.edu