Dean's Letter of Good Standing

Some professional schools request a "Dean's Letter of Good Standing" (or simply a "Letter of Good Standing") in their application process. If a Dean's Letter is required by any of your schools, pay attention to whether they are seeking a letter from your post-baccalaureate institution (CU Boulder) or the school where you earned your bachelor's degree.

If you need CU Boulder to submit a Dean's Letter for you, please follow the procedure listed below:

Using your colorado.edu email address, send an e-mail to studentconduct@colorado.edu to request a Dean's Letter of Good Standing.ÌýIn that email, include the following information:

  • If the school that is requesting the Letter of Good Standing has provided specific prompts that need to be addressed, provide those prompts in your e-mail message.
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  • Some professional schools have a form that must be filled out. If such a form is provided, attach it to your e-mail (and be sure to reference it in the text of your message).
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  • Indicate the preferred method of delivery:
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    • If the school wants to receive the letter directly via e-mail, provide the e-mail address.
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    • If the school wants the letter to be uploaded to your common application, the first step is to add thisÌýletter entry to the Evaluations section of your common application, using the following contact information:
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      • Letter Type: Individual Letter
      • Primary Author: Ms. Jessica Minck; Program Manager, Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 10 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309; (303) 492-5550;Ìýstudentconduct@colorado.edu
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  • If the letter must be uploaded to AMCAS, be sure to download the AMCAS Letter Request Form and attach it to your e-mail to the Student Conduct office. It needs to be included as a cover letter when the Student Conduct office uploadsÌýyour Letter of Good StandingÌýto AMCAS.