G-LOR
The Graduate School of the University of South Carolina
Letter of Recommendation Form
Applicant Instructions:
• Applicant should provide recommender with name, SSN, intended field of study, term applying for, and
personal access indication (“I do not want personal access” or “I do want personal access”).
• Instruct recommender to fill out form (including the information listed above) at:
http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/doclibrary/documents/G-LOR.letter.of.recommendation.pdf
• Recommender completes, prints, and faxes (or mails) form.
Recommender Instructions:
• You have been asked to recommend this applicant for admission to The Graduate School at the University of
South Carolina. We would greatly appreciate your completion of this form at your earliest convenience. Upon
request, the applicant may review your recommendation, unless they have waived access. We cannot consider
the applicant without this form, but you may attach to it extra pages or a signed letter that addresses items #1 and
#2. You may print and sign this document, then either mail or fax this document to The Graduate School (do not
mail or fax the guidelines page).
• Mail to:
The Graduate School
901 Sumter St. #304
Columbia, SC 29208
OR
• Fax to: 803-777-2972
• If your recommendation exceeds the amount of space, you may use the second page. You must sign each page.
G-LOR
Applicant Information
Applicant ID#
Name:
Last
First
Applicant E-mail
Address:
Degree Goal:
Middle
Intended Field of
Study:
Term and year
applying for:
Applicant Access: If the checkbox is checked, then applicant DOES NOT have access to this recommendation.
Recommender Information
Name:
Title
Last
First
Institutional Affiliation:
Address of Recommender
Number and Street:
City:
Apt. #:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Middle
1. How well do you know the applicant? How long and in what capacity?
2. Please provide your assessment of the applicant according the following criteria:
Outstanding | Excellent | Very good | Good | Average | Below average | Cannot assess
Analytical ability:
Imagination/creativity:
Motivation/perseverance:
Initiative:
Verbal communication:
Written communication:
Maturity/stability:
Overall academic potential:
3. Where would you rank this applicant relative to other student in your program/department.
Top 1%
Top 5%
Top 10%
Top 25%
Top 50%
Below 50%
4. If the applicant’s first language is not English, please evaluate her/his proficiency to read, write,
and speak English?
5. Please provide your overall assessment of the applicant’s academic ability and promise. What do
you consider to be the applicant’s principal talents or strengths?