Admissions - Instructions for Letters of Recommendation
Applicants are required to submit three (3) letters of recommendation in support of each application submitted to the Graduate School. NO RECOMMENDATION FORMS ARE REQUIRED . . . HOWEVER IT IS UP TO THE APPLICANT TO CONTACT THE RECOMMENDER. Applicants are allowed to submit additional recommendations if desired.
Give careful consideration to each recommender that you select. These individuals should have personal knowledge of your academic qualifications; work related ethics; or experience interacting with you in a volunteer or community related activity.
Sending The Recommendation:
Recommendations may be mailed directly to the appropriate Graduate School office by the recommenders, or given to the applicant to be included in their application packages. In both cases the recommendation must arrive in a sealed envelope and initialed on the back flap by the recommender.
The Graduate School also allows for receipt of electronic recommendations. Electronic recommendation letters should be written on university or business letterhead, include the recommender's signature, and contain contact information. The letter should be sent as an email attachment by the recommender to the appropriate campus office (Bowman Gray campus - bggrad@wfubmc.edu; Reynolda campus - gradschl@wfu.edu).
ETS Personal Potential Index:
Starting May 1, 2009 the Educational Testing Service (ETS) has available to students applying to graduate and professional school a first-of-its-kind evaluation tool that provides evidence of a broader range of their capabilities. The ETS® Personal Potential Index (ETS® PPI), a web-based evaluation system for graduate applicants, provides evaluator ratings on specific personal attributes that graduate and professional school deans and faculty say are critical for academic success.
Students who register for the GRE General Test will have the option of using the ETS PPI and sending up to 4 ETS PPI evaluation reports at no additional cost. ETS PPI is not exclusive to GRE registrants. For more information please click here.
This service is completely optional to applicants to the WFU Graduate School, but if provided will be included in the application package.
For your convenience we have attached a printable instructional sheet (click here).
Please note: letters of recommendation will be destroyed upon matriculation. All others will be retained with the applicant's file for a period of one year if the applicant wishes to re-apply the following year.