"Peer" Recommendation on Dartmouth app

DowneasterDad
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:33:16 +0000

@wavylays94

Actually, the peer rec says alot about the kind of student and person an applicant is because of the concept of association. In most cases, it is your peers that know who you are the best. They interact with you in and out of the classroom, in and out of school and in and out of the home. The types of peers you associate with says alot about your level of ambition and how you see/respect others around you.

If you felt that your peers would have nothing of value to say about you or that their words are useless to helping the adcoms determine your value as a potential student, then what does that say about the people you “hang” with, or even more important, what does that say about you that you didn’t even want to bother or that you were annoyed by having to turn to a peer for a few good words???