For Recommenders
An effective recommendation takes time, and our Selection Committee is grateful for your insight.
We strongly encourage recommenders to submit the form several business days in advance to allow time for any needed troubleshooting.
We evaluate candidates across four criteria: scholarship, leadership, service and character, and we rely on your candid assessment to provide clear evidence of these traits. Your insights help distinguish the most qualified applicants from a large pool of exceptional candidates.
Key Tips:
- Be specific. The most effective recommendations provide detailed descriptions, anecdotes and specific examples of observed behavioral traits.
- Avoid recapping the resume. Less effective recommendations simply summarize the student’s resume in narrative form rather than providing new insight.
Important Notes:
- The candidate’s application will not be considered without your recommendations and late recommendations will not be accepted.
- We do not accept recommendations via email.
- We do not permit recommendations from parents/guardians, and we strongly discourage recommendations from relatives.
Technical Details:
- Our recommendation is unique to the Park Scholarship criteria. We do not have access to any recommendations submitted via the CommonApp, Coalition App or counselor portals.
- We will send an automatic email with a unique link to the recommendation form as soon as a candidate submits your name and email address. If you do not receive this email, check your spam filter for an email from [email protected]. Email us at [email protected] if you are still unable to locate the email request.
- If you receive an error message when attempting to access the form, you may have been removed as a recommender and should check with the applicant.
- You may save your work and return to the online form as often as you like before you submit the final recommendation.
- We will send you and the candidate an automatic confirmation email after the recommendation is submitted.
Submit your recommendation before 11:59 p.m. on November 1. The candidate’s application will not be considered without both recommendations. Late recommendations will not be accepted under any circumstances.