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发信人: bartonchen (闲云野鹤), 信区: Flyingoverseas
标 题: 10 Tip for Recommemders
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2002年01月15日08:33:02 星期二), 站内信件
1.Review a copy of the applicant's personal statement or application essays
so that your letter of recommendation can dovetail with--not conflict with
or
duplicate--the rest of the application.
2.Ask the applicant to supply you with additional information like a ré
sumé.
3.Describe your qualifications for comparing the applicant to other appl
icants.
I have been teaching for twenty years and have advised approximately 450
stud-
ents on independent research projects over the last five years.
I have personally supervised ten interns every summer for the last five
years
plus worked with over two hundred college graduates in my capacity as traine
r for
Big Bank Corp.
4.Discuss how well you know the applicant.
I was able to get to know Mr. Doe because he made it a point to attend t
wo of
my sections every week when only one was required. Ms. Smith reported direct
ly to
me for two years prior to her well-deserved promotion to the position of Sen
ior
in our Big Six Accounting Firm.
5.Choose two to three qualities that you observed in the applicant.
Jane has a rare blend of top writing and interpersonal skills.
The combination of tenacity, analytical abilities, and good communicatio
ns sk-
ills found in Mr. Doe is truly unique.
6.In discussing those qualities, support your statements with specific i
nstan-
ces in which he or she demonstrated those attributes. Be as concrete and det
ailed
as possible He is the only student I ever had who came to all my office hour
s as
part of a relentless, and ultimately successful, drive to master financial t
heory.
He was one of just ten percent in the class to receive an A.
Because of Jane's writing skills, I didn't hesitate to ask her to write
a rep-
ort which was used by our PAC as the basis for a major policy statement. Con
gressman
X eventually used the statement, based on Jane's sophisticated 20-page anal
ysis of
Middle East politics, in lobbying for increased funding.
7.Try to quantify the student's strengths or rank him or her vis a vis o
ther ap-
plicants that you have observed. He was in the top 10% of his class.
She has the best analytical skills of any person her age that I have eve
r super-
vised.
8.Avoid generalities and platitudes.
9.Include some mild criticism, typically the flip-side of a strength.
The only fault I have encountered in him is his retiring nature. His mod
esty some-
times hides a young man of remarkable strength and broad interests.
Occasionally, her fortitude and persistence can turn into stubbornness,
but usually
her good nature and level-headedness prevail.
10.Discuss the applicant's potential in his or her chosen field.
I enthusiastically recommend Mr. Doe to your business school. This well-
rounded stud-
ent will be a fine businessperson..
With her exceptional leadership, writing, and quantitative skills, Ms. S
mith will be
an outstanding strategic consultant and and a credit to the business school
she attends.
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