REQUESTS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ALLOW TEN DAYS FOR REQUESTS TO BE PROCESSED

1. LIST BY DUE DATE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU WISH TO APPLY TOAND THE DEGREE OR PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING.

2. GIVE ME FULL ADDRESSES FOR EACH SCHOOL AND PROGRAM.
(This gets ignored regularly but I cannot send out New College letterhead without an address and it is a waste of time for me to have to surf the net to find them.)

HERE ARE  SEVERAL  EXAMPLES  FOR YOU TO FOLLOW:

1 December                     UNC CHAPEL HILL: MA IN ART HISTORY
                                    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                                    Graduate School
                                    115 South Columbia Street
                                    Hanes Art Center
                                    Art History CB # 3405
                                    Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3405

1 December                     UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: MA IN ART HISTORY
                                    The University of Chicago
                                    Dean of Graduate School Art History
                                     5540 South Greenwood Avenue
                                     Chicago, IL 60637

3. I WILL NEED COPIES OF ALL OF THE EVALUATIONS I WROTE FOR YOU INCLUDING ISPS, TUTORIALS, ETC.  YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE ME ADDITIONAL EVALUATIONS FROM OTHER COURSES THAT I MAY MENTION IN MY LETTER.

4. COPY OF YOUR WORKING TRANSCRIPT FROM NEW COLLEGE

5. PROPERLY ADDRESSED ENVELOPES.
PLEASE USE A COMPUTER TO PRINT THE ADDRESSES SO THEY LOOK PROFESSIONAL
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THIS, THEN SEND ME THE STAMPED ENVELOPES AND I WILL GET THEM TYPED.
I REALIZE THAT YOU MAY NOT CARE WHAT FIRST IMPRESSION YOU MAKE ON THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE, BUT AS NEW COLLEGE FACULTY, I DO.

6. TWO COPIES OF EVERY FORM FOR EACH SCHOOL (I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE FORMS)

7. !!! IMPORTANT !!! YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT IN FINAL FORM AND YOUR CV.

JUST SO YOU KNOW MY PROCESS...

I FIRST DRAFT YOUR LETTER...WAIT THREE DAYS...REDRAFT IT, AND THEN A DAY OR SO LATER, I MAKE THE FINAL TOUCHES.

IF YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC ISSUE, LET ME KNOW.
I TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY...SO PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME TO GET ONE OUT FOR YOU OVERNIGHT OR OVER A WEEKEND...I CANNOT GIVE IT THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES AND THAT WILL GET YOU INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL IF YOU DO NOT GIVE ME AT LEAST TEN DAYS TO THINK IT THROUGH, REVISE, AND EVENTUALLY POLISH THE THING.

I ALSO HAVE A SERIOUS PREJUDICE ABOUT SENDING LETTERS THAT WILL NOT DO THE TRICK BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE SUFFICIENTLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT PUTTING YOUR BEST SIDE FORWARD...TRUST ME IN THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO RUSH THIS PROCESS IF YOU WANT A GOOD LETTER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER

CRIS