Now that everyone has posted a rough draft of their scholarship statement/narrative, let's share some feedback with one another to help improve them.
To do so, post your responses to the following questions to the TWO classmates whose drafts are posted BELOW yours on the discussion forum. Students whose postings are at the top of the discussion forum (typically the last two students who posted) should respond to the students at the bottom as follows:
- The student whose posting shows up at the very bottom of the discussion forum responds to the two students whose postings appear at the very top.
- The student whose posting is second from the bottom responds to the one student below as well as the student whose posting appears at the very top.
In this way, everyone should be giving and receiving two peer responses.
Post your peer response by clicking Reply at the bottom of each classmate's draft (use the resume posting if they posted each piece separately) and entering your peer response there.
No need to include the original peer response questions. You can simply number your responses.
Peer Response Questions
- Resume: Looking at the resume format provided for our class, give your classmate as much feedback as you can to improve both the format/layout and the content of their resume. Let them know if they don't have the formats quite right for the education section, or the job title lines, etc. Make specific suggestions if you think there are better action verbs they can use in their job description bullet points. If you spot any typos, let them know that too.
- Cover Letter: Looking at the cover letter format provided for our class, give your classmate as much feedback as you can to improve both the format/layout and the content of their letter. Let them know if they don't have the business letter format quite right, from the date line at the top all the way down to the signature line at the bottom. Make specific suggestions paragraph by paragraph if you think they could make a more complete and convincing argument for their qualifications—to establish 1) that they are capable of doing the job they're appyling for and 2) that they would also be an excellent colleague. Again, if you spot any typos, let the know that too.
- Open feedback: If you have ANY suggestions not covered by the above, feel free to share constructive, positive revision suggestions with your classmates!