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Graduate Programs in Counseling
Recommendation of Applicant for Admission

Dear Recommender:

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to provide our program with this evaluation. Southern Nazarene University has been training counselors for over 20 years and greatly values the admissions process as a gateway not only to our program, but also to the profession of counseling as a whole. We are looking for future students who can excel in the classroom, be flexible in thought, and have the ability to connect with and engage others from various backgrounds and circumstances. Our program accepts only those applicants whom we believe will make the best counselors. Our desire is for our admissions process to allow us to get to know each applicant as a person in order to see if that person will be a good fit for our program, and that our program will be the right program for the applicant. Also, we firmly believe that our program is challenging, demands excellence from our students, and more than adequately prepares all of our students for the variety of situations faced as a counselor. We want you to know that your recommendation plays a significant part in the application process and helps us to get to know the applicants a little better prior to their interview. We appreciate the difficulty of furnishing meaningful and candid appraisals, and we are very grateful for your contribution to our admission process. We typically find that a recommendation that presents a balanced view of an applicant’s abilities and other attributes is most helpful. Should you have any questions or concerns related to this recommendation, or to the applicant, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you again for your participation in this process.

Paul Jones, Ph.D.

Director, Graduate Programs in Counseling

Southern Nazarene University

Pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, applicants to Southern Nazarene University may either waive or reserve their right to see this confidential evaluation after it has been completed.

The student you are evaluating has reserved the right to see this evaluation form after it has been completed.

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Please describe your relationship to the applicant along with indicating how long you have known them.*

Do you have direct knowledge of her or his academic ability or written work? If so, please evaluate her or his potential for success with graduate level academic work and scholarly writing.*

Faced with a complex and critical situation, how confident are you in the applicant’s ability to analyze and assess relevant solutions to the problem situation in a timely manner? Please describe. *

Being an effective counselor requires patience, the ability to connect and maintain relationship to a variety of people from diverse backgrounds, and being flexible with interventions. Based off of these descriptions, how well does the applicant fit with this model of effective counseling? Please describe. *

SNU’s Graduate Programs in Counseling is cohort based, meaning that applicants will be going through the program with the same group of peers for the next couple of years. Please describe how well you believe this applicant gets along with her or his peers and can maintain positive working relationships with others. *

At SNU, we believe that excelling in graduate school and becoming an effective counselor requires students to be self-reflective, willing to grow, and capable of being stretched as a person. Given this brief descriptor of our program, how well do you feel this applicant will fit with our program? Please describe.*

Finally, please indicate how strongly you recommend this applicant for graduate study with our program. Please include any final comments in the box below.*

I strongly recommend that this student be admitted to graduate study at SNU. I recommend that this student be admitted to graduate study at SNU. I recommend with some reservation that this student be admitted to graduate study at SNU I do not recommend that this student be admitted to graduate study at SNU.

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