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Student Information Sheet
These questions are personal—very personal, because a good recommendation is personal.
The teacher or counselor writing for you is making a case about what you have achieved.
The writer of your recommendation needs to present your achievements in context—so that
you shine! (Use DocHub in Google drive to fill this form out. Then you can send it as an
attachment or as a link.)
What is the recommendation for?
BE SPECIFICit matters very much!
EOP at a CSU
A private university
A scholarship
What is the deadline for this
recommendation?
Have you emailed a copy of your
transcript to the teacher?
Have you emailed a copy (even if it
is a rough draft) of your personal
statement to your teacher?
STUDENT NAME
Identification
Number
Are you bilingual or
trilingual?
What languages do you speak
fluently? What languages are
you able to easily write and
read?
At home, what other
language is spoken
by your parents?
What percent of the time?
25% 50% 75% 100%
How many people in
your family?
2
How many live in
your home with
you?
Are there any
special family
circumstances that
should be
mentioned?
Do you live with just one
parent? Is anyone in your
family disabled? Think about
anything that may have
affected you financially or
emotionally……
What is the highest
grade your father
completed?
What is your father’s
occupation?
Where does he work? What
does he “do?”
What is the highest
grade your mother
completed?
What is your
mother’s occupation?
Where does she work? What
does she “do?”
Have you ever been
in ELD classes?
What grade(s)?
Describe any
financial stresses
that impact your
family.
Are you the first in
your family to go to
college? If not, who
else has attended
college?
3
List all the AP
courses you have
taken or are taking.
Include an exam
score if you have one.
List any awards or
honors you have
received in high
school.
COLLEGE
CHOICES
List five colleges to
which you will apply.
Intended Major(s)
Career Objective
What is your
favorite course?
Why?
What is the most
recent book which
you have read which
you especially liked?
What is the title? Why
did this book
especially affect you?
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Which school and
community
activities are most
important to you
and why?
How long have you
been involved in
these activities?
What jobs have you
held and for how
long?
A job can be something
required that you are NOT
paid to do: for example, if you
are required to babysit your
niece every day after school
until 7:00 pm. that counts as a
job!
What particular
event has most
influenced you?
Why? How?
What significant
obstacles have you
overcome?
List and explain
three of your most
distinguishing and
admirable qualities
that you would like
to have stressed to
colleges.