ANU CRICOS # 00120 C
ANU COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
REFEREE REPORT ON POSTGRADUATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM APPLICANT
NOTE TO APPLICANT
Please enter your name and address below and deliver or mail this Report form to your referees. You
are required to obtain reports from two referees at least one of whom should be an employer. Please
ask the referees to seal the report in an envelope and return the report to you or the Admissions
Manager, ANU College of Business and Economics.
APPLICANT TO COMPLETE
Family Name: ____________________________Other Names:________________________________
Program Applying for: _________________________Intake (i.e. February/July, 2008): _____________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________ Post Code: _______________________
Telephone (
)__________________________ Email: _____________________________________
NOTE TO REFEREE
This report is a confidential personal recommendation on a candidate for admission to a post-graduate
program in the ANU College of Business and Economics. The Australian National University offers
innovative programs of post-graduate studies designed for future business leaders. Students are
required to have a university degree and at least three years of paid employment before they can be
considered for admission. Please note that in some circumstances excellent career attainments may be
accepted instead of a formal tertiary qualification.
Entry to postgraduate management programs in the ANU College of Business and Economics is
competitive and your frank assessment of the applicant’s suitability for admission will be very much
appreciated. The report is requested from you and, if supplied, received by the University on a
confidential basis and on the clear understanding that the University will do everything in its power to
respect and maintain that confidence. The report will be disclosed only to those immediately involved
in the selection process. Would you please seal the report inside an envelope, with your
signature written across the seal and return to the applicant or to:
The Admissions Manager
ANU College of Business and Economics
Sir Roland Wilson Building (#120)
ANU ACT 0200
AUSTRALIA
Or fax the referee’s report to +61 2 6125 4895. We request that this report not be shown
to the applicant.
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REFEREE TO COMPLETE
1. How long, how well, and in what connection, have you known the
applicant?
2. Please describe the group of people on which you base your comparison.
3. What, if any, do you consider to be the applicant’s outstanding talents or
strengths?
4. What, if any, do you consider to be his/hers major weaknesses?
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5. In what ways might he/she benefit from post-graduate study in
Management at the ANU College of Business and Economics?
6. Are you aware of any circumstances that might affect his/her performance
in the program?
7. How would you rate the applicant on the following qualities?
Exceptional
Top 5%
Very Good
Next 10%
Good
Next 20%
Average
Middle Third
Poor
Bottom Third
Do Not
Know
Intellectual
Capacity
Maturity
Social Skills
Leadership
Creativity
Problem
Solving
Self
confidence
Ability to
work hard
Motivated to
succeed
Perseverance
Overall
Management
Potential
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8. Please make any other comments that you feel would be useful to
the University in considering this application.
NAME OF PERSON COMPLETING REPORT
(Please print or type)
Position or title
Organisation
Phone No. (Business)
Address
Street and Number
City or Suburb
State
Country
Signature
Date
(Please attach additional sheets if required)
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