ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

• Information about the school/college; type of students
• How long the referee has known the applicant, and in what capacity
• Academic knowledge of the applicant especially anything distinctive that differentiates from other candidates
• Applicant's previous exam performance and their ranking in relation to their cohort or previous cohorts
• Information on extra-curricular activities; engagement with the school or local community
• Information on family circumstances or financial background, if known
• Applicant's participation in free school meals, if applicable
• Applicant being in receipt of bursary, if applicable

The referee should email the reference directly to financial-support@lse.ac.uk. The email must come from an official (ie, school or college) email address, and should include the applicant's full name and ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ ID number.

The referee can also provide the reference to submit together with the scholarship application. In this case the reference must be on school headed paper and a protected format such as a PDF.

It can be the same reference as used for the UCAS application but we need an additional copy to be submitted as part of the scholarship application. 

• insufficient information concerning exam performance and relation to cohort
• sounding like it has come from a standard template, rather than being unique to the candidate
• information about the referee rather than the candidate
• understatements - if a candidate is an excellent prospect, this should be stated in no uncertain terms
• being too short (one or two paragraphs) or too long (over a page)