The recommendation letter reflects the applicant's personality, scientific research ability, academic level, organizational ability and leadership ability. Like PS, a letter of recommendation is an article, just an article written in the form of a letter to show your ability.
First, the beginning part
First of all, we should intuitively describe the relationship between the recommender and the recommended person, be familiar with the situation and the time of the incident. Pay attention and try your best to prove your relationship. Then introduce the position of the recommended person in your project or company, the work he has done during the whole contact period, and focus on his performance, as well as everyone's impression and parity.
Second, the middle part.
The reason why the recommender recommends the recommended person should be emphasized. There should be concrete examples to support the referee's argument. It should be noted that the cited examples are closely related to the application field. For example, the specific performance of the recommended person in the scientific research project or class, and what examples touched the recommender.
The third and last part.
Summarize the comprehensive quality parity of the recommended person, the overall appraisal except academic work ability, and pay attention to implicitly expressing opinions on whether the applicant is competent in the article.
Generally speaking, the recommendation letter is written by the recommender himself, then signed and sealed and sent to American schools. Due to the influence of objective conditions, many letters of recommendation in the current application for studying abroad are written by the applicant himself and then signed by the recommender.
Extended reading: writing skills of recommendation letters for studying in Japan
1, don't delay, draft as soon as possible: the recommendation letter needs time to write, not to mention the teacher's time. So draft your recommendation letter as early as possible, so that your references have enough time to work for your recommendation letter.
2. Each letter of recommendation should be printed in a different style to show different referees. If it is a form that needs to be circled, you can fill it directly in the manuscript.
3. Provide enough information to referees: If you want referees to grasp your strengths, you must provide enough information. Naturally, try to be specific and avoid empty statements. At the same time, you should also provide the deadline for your application to the referees for reference, so as not to delay your application.
4. The content of the letter of recommendation should be as short and powerful as possible: don't use empty adjectives, such as hard work, responsibility, seriousness, modesty and sincerity when he works in a company. It is not appropriate to quote more, tell specific facts, so as not to become a mere formality, especially not to copy the letters and examples in the market, so as not to become cliches and fall into stereotypes.
Under logical reasoning, it is impossible for the recommender to know or understand your characteristics. Please make yourself at home. For example, the performance of students' extracurricular activities is not suitable for professors who usually teach formal subjects unless professors are also involved. Another example is the performance of other classes. Unless mentioned by other professors, professors in this discipline are not suitable to comment on the performance of students in other disciplines. For another example, it is impossible for a teacher to know in detail how students look up information and write reports in the library, unless they are too special to be mentioned in the recommendation letter.
6. mention your "shortcomings" appropriately. If a letter of recommendation fully expounds the advantages of the recommended classmate, it will inevitably make people feel that it is whitewashing. If we can add some "shortcomings" appropriately, we can not only make the recommendation letter true, but also highlight the special temperament of the recommended person through "seemingly derogatory reality" For example, students majoring in computer science, mathematics and even finance can consider adding the following words to their letters of recommendation: "The fly in the ointment is that students sometimes find it difficult to balance all aspects of life because they are too focused on their research work." This sentence seems to be talking about "shortcomings", but obviously, such "shortcomings" are actually the most desirable "shortcomings" of many majors-the work attitude of forgetting to eat and sleep, which makes the "shortcomings" also provide great help for the application.
7. If possible, references are related to your subject or school. For example, if you plan to major in English in the future, one of the referees is the English teacher. For another example, if you apply for Imperial University, if the recommender is also from Imperial University, his recommendation letter will be more powerful.