Thesis supervisor and Honors advisor approvals will be completed through a recommendation request. This is the terminology used by the Quest system and could not be changed; your "recommendation" for the thesis is a simple form with checkboxes, not a separate letter.

1. When a student sends you a recommendation request, you will receive an email from UConn Quest Portal with the subject line Request for Recommendation.  If you do not receive the email, it may have gone to a spam/junk folder.
2. Please do not use the button within the email. Instead:
   1. Go to quest.uconn.edu
   2. Click on Log In in the top right corner
   3. Select UConn Single Sign-on, then log in using your NetID and password
   4. If prompted to select a role, choose "Recommender"
3. You will now see all recommendation requests. Click the START button to begin a recommendation.
4. The next page asks you to accept or decline the recommendation.
   To view the submission, click the Preview application link on the top left. Do not click the link on the top right, which will say either "Review Honors Thesis Submission" or "Review Submit Your Honors Thesis."
   • If the submission is correct, click the ACCEPT button to continue.
   • If the submission is incorrect, or if you are not the right person to approve this thesis, click the DECLINE button. Please communicate with the student ASAP so that they can correct any errors.
5. After you accept the recommendation, you will be asked to complete a short form confirming your approval of the thesis. Click the SUBMIT button when you are finished.

Once all recommendations are submitted, the thesis is automatically routed to the Honors Program for review.

If you serve as both the Thesis Supervisor and the Honors advisor for a student, the student must send you a recommendation requests for each role and you will need to complete both before the student's thesis will be submitted.

If a student is completing more than one Honors thesis, they will need upload each thesis as a separate submission and send recommendation requests for their Thesis Supervisor and Honors advisor for each thesis.

One Thesis for Two Majors

If a student is submitting a one thesis that has been approved to count for two majors, they will upload their thesis and send recommendation requests to their Thesis Supervisor and the Honors advisor for each major.  All three advisors must complete the recommendations before the thesis will be submitted.

One Thesis for Three Majors

If a student is submitting a one thesis that has been approved to count for three majors, they will upload their thesis and send recommendation requests to their Thesis Supervisor and the Honors advisor for each major.  All four advisors must complete the recommendations before the thesis will be submitted.

If you do not receive a recommendation request that you were expecting, please confirm with the student that they sent it to the correct email address and ask them to resend if necessary.

Please email honors@uconn.edu with any questions about the process and for help troubleshooting.