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Academic Recommendation Form

This online form is for faculty members who need to submit an Academic Recommendation for a student planning to participate in an ACM off-campus study program.  You may submit this online form instead of filling out the paper recommendation form. 

If your school's off-campus study office also needs a copy of this recommendation for their records, please forward it along once you receive your confirmation copy via e-mail.

Recommender information
Name

Title/Department

Example: yourname@college.edu
Note: A copy of this completed form will be e-mailed to this address.

Applicant information
Name

Student’s ACM program choice
Questions for the recommender

Your candid assessment of the strengths of this student’s application to an ACM Off-Campus Study Program will weigh heavily in the Selection Committee’s final decision. Please consider your answers carefully. If possible, read the student’s completed application and/or review the objectives of the program outlined in the current program brochure and online at www.acm.edu. Thank you in advance from the members of the Selection Committee.

  1. How long have you known this student? In what capacity?

  2. How would study on this program and in this location complement the student’s on-campus studies?

  3. In what ways is the applicant adequately prepared for this program through formal academic work?

  4. What is your overall estimate of the applicant’s intellectual ability, academic motivation, and consistency of effort?

  5. Please describe any particular strengths of the applicant which will likely be assets to the program.

  6. Off-campus programs require emotional maturity, self-discipline, initiative, and a certain amount of physical stamina. Participants must be able to adjust to different cultural influences, function as an active member of a group without generating friction, keep up with a rigorous schedule, take some initiative in using free time effectively, and maintain academic study habits in an off-campus situation. What difficulties, if any, might the applicant experience with regard to this program?

  7. Please add any comments you believe will be helpful to the Selection Committee.

Verification

Click here to submit this recommendation. It will go directly to the ACM office, and a copy will be e-mailed to the e-mail address listed above.

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