When Requesting
Letters of Recommendation
from Dr. Cannon

Follow, print, and submit this checklist with your folder (see below):

___ Provide a list of all Psychology/Neuroscience courses you have taken, along with the grades received and the professors' names.

___ A listing of all schools you are applying to, including the deadlines, whether or not there is a form to be completed (yes/no), the type (clinical, counseling, MD, OT, etc.) and nature of the program (doctoral, master's, summer research, etc.).  Important!!  The deadlines you list should be the dates when the letters can be placed in regular campus mail for transfer to the US Postal Service. 

___ Curriculum vitae

___ GRE scores (if available); if not, please include SAT scores

___ Overall GPA and psychology (or neuroscience) GPA

___ If you've done research, list the faculty member(s) involved, a brief description of the project, whether it has/will be presented somewhere, and your intellectual/physical involvement in the project.  http://academic.scranton.edu/department/neuro/brainbee/

___ When/How you first met Dr. Cannon. Calculate how many years/months Dr. Cannon has known you - it makes for smooth writing to know the years/months. 

___ Provide envelopes for ALL non-electronic letters. IF THE LETTER SHOULD BE MAILED DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL, provide an addressed envelope for the letter. IF THE LETTER SHOULD BE RETURNED TO YOU, provide an envelope with your name and/or address AND the name of the of the school that it's intended for, as envelopes will be sealed upon return. 

___ If your school(s) / program(s) require an electronic version of the letter and do not facilitate the process themselves, send Dr. Cannon an e-mail with a link to the form that needs to be completed.

___ Due to Dr. Cannon's notoriously bad handwriting, please type in ALL demographic information (for both you AND him) except the date, on all of the forms to your schools. When asked for the name and position of professor, type (if it all fits):

J. Timothy Cannon, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Director, Neuroscience Program

Dr. Cannon’s address is:

Department of Psychology
Alumni Memorial Hall
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA 18510-4596

Contact Info:

 (570)941-4266
cannon@scranton.edu
 ___ Create a Pendaflex folder for yourself and place it alphabetically by last name in the Recommendations Drawer.

___ On the sheet of paper hanging from the bookshelf by the plants, write your name and the first date when you want Dr. Cannon to get your letters OUT. NOT the date by which they must be received, the date to get them out.