Instructions for Writing Recommendations for REU Students

Summer 2013 - 2015 Research Internships in
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Undergraduate Research into the Social Psychophysiology of Compassion

Application Deadline: April 1, 2013

The student who has asked for a letter of recommendation is an applicant to the summer REU program at Northern Arizona University. Since we will already have the relevant transcripts, your input is most helpful in providing specific examples in the following non-academic areas:

  1. The time and circumstances under which you have known the student
  2. Exceptional strengths of the applicant
  3. The applicant's emotional maturity
  4. The applicant's ability to get along with peers and faculty
  5. Extenuating circumstances that need to be taken into account in interpreting this applicant's grades
  6. Does learning per se seem to interest the applicant, and does he/she perform up to his/her potential
  7. Particular characteristics you have observed which you feel would interfere with or enhance a summer research internship.
  8. On a 0-10 scale, with 10=Highest, please rate the applicant's potential for continuing on for a doctorate, and for becoming a Research Psychologist (2 ratings).
***Please mail your letter in standard mail.***

Email Address:

Larry.Stevens@nau.edu

Mailing Address:

Larry Stevens, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Northern Arizona University
P.O. 15106
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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