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TO The applICaNT
This form must accompany a
n official copy of your transcript and must be completed by a college official(s) who has access to your academic record
and your disciplinary record. Please follow these steps to ensure the form is completed accurately and in its entirety. Step 1: Complete all relevant questions
below, including the signature statement. Step 2: Give this form to a dean or college official who has access to your academic record and ask that official to com-
plete the academic portion of this form. Step 3: If the official completing the academic portion does not also have access to your disciplinary record, please ask the
individual to securely forward the form to a second official who can answer those questions before duplicating this form and mailing it to your colleges along with
copies of your official transcript(s).
Legal Name ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last/Family/Sur (Enter name exactly as it appears on official documents.) First/Given Middle (complete) Jr., etc.
Birth Date ___________________________________________________ CAID (Common App ID) _______________________________________________
mm/dd/yyyy
Address ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Number & Street Apartment # City/Town County or Parish State/Province Country ZIP/Postal Code
College/university you now attend ________________________________________________ CEEB/ACT Code ______________________________________
Current year courses—please indicate title, level, and credit value of all courses you are taking this year. Indicate quarter classes taken in the same semester on the
appropriate semester line.
First Semester/Quarter Grade Second Semester/Quarter Grade Third Quarter Grade
________________________________________ ________________________________________ _________________________________________
________________________________________ ________________________________________ _________________________________________
________________________________________ ________________________________________ _________________________________________
________________________________________ ________________________________________ _________________________________________
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How many college credits have you earned prior to this academic year? ________ How many college credits will you earn this academic year? ________
TO The COlleGe OFFICIal
If you have access to the applicant’s academic record and disciplinary record, please complete this form in its entirety. Attach the applicant’s official transcript (check
copies for readability). Use both pages to complete your evaluation for this student, and be sure to sign below. If you have access to the applicant’s academic record only,
please complete the relevant portion of this form, then forward to the appropriate official for completion of the disciplinary questions, asking that official to mail the form
to the applicant’s colleges after doing so. Do not mail this form to The Common Application offices.
College Official’s Name (Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr.) _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Please print or type
Signature _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date _____________________
mm/dd/yyyy
Title ___________________________________________________________ College or University _____________________________________________
College or University Address ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
City/Town State/Province Country ZIP/Postal Code
College Official’s Telephone (_______) ___________________________________ College Official’s Fax (_______) _____________________________________
Area/Country/City Code Number Ext. Area/Country/City Code Number Ext.
College or University CEEB/ACT Code ___________________________ College Official’s E-mail ___________________________________________________
mm/dd/yyyy
COLLEGE Report
p Female
p Male
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IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTE: By signing this form, I authorize all schools that I have attended to release all requested records covered under the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) so that my application may be reviewed by The Common Application member institution(s) to which I am applying.
I further authorize the admission officers reviewing my application, including seasonal staff employed for the sole purpose of evaluating applications, to contact
officials at my current and former schools should they have questions about the school forms submitted on my behalf.
I understand that under the terms of the FERPA, after I matriculate I will have access to this form and all other recommendations and supporting documents
submitted by me and on my behalf, unless at least one of the following is true:
1. The institution does not save recommendations post-matriculation (see list at www.commonapp.org/FERPA).
2. I waive my right to access below, regardless of the institution to which it is sent:
p Yes, I do waive my right to access, and I understand I will never see this form or any other recommendations submitted by me or on my behalf.
p No, I do not waive my right to access, and I may someday choose to see this form or any other recommendations or supporting documents submitted by me or
on my behalf to the institution at which I’m enrolling, if that institution saves them after I matriculate.
Required Signature _______________________________________________________________________________________ Date _________________
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Evaluation Please provide comments that will help us differentiate this student from others. Feel free to attach an additional sheet or another reference you’ve
prepared for this student. We especially welcome a broad-based assessment and encourage you to consider describing or addressing:
The applicant’s academic, extracurricular, and personal characteristics.
Relevant context for the applicant’s performance and involvement, such as particularities of family situation or responsibilities, work obligations, or other
circumstances, either positive or negative.
Observed problematic behaviors, perhaps separable from academic performance, that an admission committee should explore further.
If you know this student, please indicate for how long and in what context. ____________________________________________________________________
If you know this student, what are the first words that come to your mind to describe this student? _________________________________________________
Ratings Compared to other students in his or her class year, how do you rate this student in terms of:
a
Is this applicant in good academic standing? p Yes p No
b
Is this applicant eligible to return to your school? p Yes p No
If you answered no to either or both questions, please attach a separate sheet of paper or use your written recommendation to provide details.
a
Has the applicant ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at your school, whether related to academic misconduct or behavioral misconduct, that
resulted in the applicant’s probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from your institution?
p Yes p No
b
To your knowledge, has the applicant ever been convicted of a misdemeanor, felony, or other crime? p Yes p No
If you answered yes to either or both questions, please attach a separate sheet of paper or use your written recommendation to give the approximate date of each
incident and explain the circumstances.
p Check here if you would prefer to discuss this applicant over the phone with each admission office.
I recommend this student: p No basis p With reservation p Fairly strongly p Strongly p Enthusiastically
Background Information
Cumulative GPA: ________ on a _________ scale, covering a period from ____________ to ____________
(mm/yyyy) (mm/yyyy)
This GPA is p weighted p unweighted. The school’s passing mark is ________________________________.
Highest GPA in class ____________________________________ Graduation date ___________________
(mm/dd/yyyy)
No basis Below average Average
Good (above
average)
Very good
(well above
average)
Excellent
(top 10%)
Outstanding
(top 5%)
One of the top few
I’ve encountered
(top 1%)
Academic achievement
Extracurricular accomplishments
Personal qualities and character
OVERALL
School Seal
If you are completing only the questions pertaining to the applicant’s disciplinary record, please provide the following information:
College Official’s Name (Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr.) _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Please print or type
Signature _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date _____________________
mm/dd/yyyy
Title ___________________________________________________________ College Official’s E-mail __________________________________________
College Official’s Telephone (_______) ____________________________________ College Official’s Fax (_______) ____________________________________
Area/Country/City Code Number Ext. Area/Country/City Code Number Ext.