The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business has the following recommendation questions for their MBA application. Submitting a recommendation is optional.
2019-2020 OSU Fisher MBA Recommendation Questions
The recommendation begins with a section for the recommender’s contact information.
Applicant Relationship
What is your relationship with the applicant?
- Teacher/Professor
- Employer/Supervisor
- Coworker/Colleague
- Other
I have known this applicant for approximately ___Years ____Months
Do you know the applicant well enough to give him/her a recommendation? (If you checked NO, you do not need to complete the rest of this form)
- Yes
- No
Assessment of Applicant
Compare the applicant with a representative group of people with similar experience and training in the same field.
How do you rate the applicant on educational and/or professional ability? (Check one.)
- Below average (lower 50%)
- Average (upper 50%)
- Good (upper 25%)
- Very good (highest 10%)
- Outstanding (highest 5%)
- Yes
- No
- Don’t know
Please rate the applicant on the following characteristics:
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
Maturity
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
- Exceptional
- Good
- Average
- Poor
- Unknown
- Strongly recommend
- Recommend
- Recommend with reservations
- Do not recommend
Recommendation Letter
Include the applicant’s name on each page of the letter. Describe the applicant’s qualifications for graduate study. Explain your rankings from the form above and offer a candid assessment that will help us make a decision that is good for both the applicant and the graduate program. What do you consider to be the applicant’s weaknesses /development needs?
