Letter of Recommendation Request 

Dear Colleague,

This form has been given to you by a student who is applying to the University of Washington Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates program for Summer, 2006. Admission to our program is competitive. We therefore depend on the advice of referees like yourself to select the most deserving students.

The faculty of the Department of Physics appreciate the help you are giving us. Application deadline is March 1, 2006. Thank you.

Student's name:

Referee's name:

Referee's title and institution:

Referee's email and phone:

What contacts have you had with this student?

How would you rate this student in relation to others you have known with interests in physics or other sciences?

top 1% [ ]   top 5% [ ]  top 20% [ ]   top 50% [ ] other

Please attach a letter in which you tell us something about the following:

• The student's academic abilities
• The student's experimental and/or computing skills
• Any other abilities that might be important in physics research
• The student's maturity and motivation
• The student's peer-relation abilities
• Your impression of the student's ability to cope with an unfamiliar research setting

Thank you again for your help.

Please return this form to:

REU Summer Program
c/o Maya Kimura
Institute for Nuclear Theory
University of Washington
Box 351550
Seattle, WA 98195-1550
FAX: 206-685-3730