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  • 大象视频
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    In 2009, Zaytuna College was founded in Berkeley, California, with a mission that called for grounding students in the Islamic scholarly tradition as well as in the cultural currents and critical ideas shaping modern society.

  • Academics
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    Zaytuna College aims to educate and prepare morally committed professional, intellectual, and spiritual leaders who are grounded in the Islamic scholarly tradition and conversant with the cultural currents and critical ideas shaping modern society.

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  • Admissions & Aid
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    Our mission is to educate students to become morally, intellectually, and spiritually accomplished individuals ready to contribute to our contemporary world in ways that are proportionate to their gifts and to the needs of human society.

     

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  • Campus Life
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    Zaytuna鈥檚 campus is on Holy Hill and students enter the College as part of a cohort, a community of learners that travel together through the curriculum.

Letters of Recommendation

Letters of recommendation play an important role in our selective admissions process. Descriptive and detailed letters give us deeper insight into a candidate beyond the transcripts, resume, and essays we have. Above all, we seek a reliable portrait of the intellectual and moral life of the applicant. Whenever possible, please describe academic milestones in the progress of the candidates for whom you write. We’re grateful for concrete examples that offer a fuller view of your students’ accomplishments and the broader context within which you know them. Above all, we value your candor in evaluating their readiness for the rigorous and unusually demanding undergraduate program at Zaytuna College. We thank you wholeheartedly for your time and effort in preparing this letter of recommendation.

Please address the following questions in your evaluation:

  1. Under what circumstances have you interacted with the applicant? Please let us know if you have had limited interactions with the person.

  1. What has made this applicant stand out to you?

  2. How has the applicant demonstrated intellectual curiosity that goes beyond the curriculum?

  3. How has the applicant displayed leadership, talent, or skills not captured in the transcript?

  4. From your perspective, what motivates this applicant?

  5. Please describe the applicant’s interactions with instructors, supervisors, and peers.

  6. Why do you believe Zaytuna College is a good match for this applicant? How do you see this person contributing to the Zaytuna College community? How do you think this candidate will grow from an experience of Zaytuna College?

  7. Are there any circumstances that affected the applicant that you think will give us a better understanding of the person behind the application?

Thank you for helping us to determine if this student will thrive at  Zaytuna College.