Writing structure
(translated into English; Printed on the formal stationery of the recommender's unit; Full text universal 1.5 times line spacing)
Dear sir or madam,
The first paragraph of the text:
The relationship between the sponsor and the applicant.
Under what circumstances, how long has the referee known the applicant?
Which semester and which department do you want to apply for?
The second paragraph:
The referee's evaluation of the applicant's qualification.
What special impression did the referee have on the applicant when he first met him?
Examples of confirming the evaluation results of referees on applicants.
The third paragraph:
Evaluation of the applicant's personal characteristics. Such as: communication skills, maturity, ambition, leadership, teamwork, integrity and so on. ), or what needs to be improved.
Conclusion:
The referee's overall evaluation of the applicant.
Evaluate the applicant's future personal and professional development after completing his studies.
What contribution will the applicant bring to this department and group?
Tutor signature
Tutor's name (printed)
Title and unit name
E-mail:
Telephone:
Fax:
Address:
Write with who?
1. Who is the best referee?
The Admission Review Committee attaches great importance to people who have had or have had close working relations with the recommended candidates or other people who are familiar with students' scientific research ability, academic level, organizational ability and leadership ability.
Professors who are familiar with you in the university, immediate supervisors at work or leaders of other social organizations you join, such as various academic and charitable organizations, are the best candidates for references.
Students should also try to avoid letting people of the same type write letters of recommendation to you. You need the admission committee to have a complete and comprehensive understanding of you, not just your academic performance at school or your performance at work.
Second, talk to references.
Of course, even if you know your references very well, you can't guarantee to fully understand or remember your specific achievements and abilities, and you don't necessarily know the importance of introducing you in detail in your letter of recommendation.
What you should do is to talk to the referees once, remind them of your abilities and achievements, and show that you want them to mention these facts.
3. What are the shortcomings of the applicant?
If the recommender talks about the shortcomings of the applicant properly and actively, it will increase the authenticity of the recommendation letter and show a deep understanding of the recommended person. Such a letter of recommendation will carry more weight.
The function of recommendation letter
As one of the criteria for admissions officers to examine applicants, the role of letters of recommendation can not be ignored. A good letter of recommendation will help the applicant get admission to the school, while a poor letter of recommendation, especially one with general and confusing contents, will often lead to unsuccessful application and even fatal injury.
Many students think that the recommendation letter doesn't matter, so they copy it casually, and some even make grammatical mistakes. As everyone knows, this not only damages the reputation of the referee, but also causes irreparable losses to his application. Many people, including some overseas consultants, claim that British university admissions officers generally don't read letters of recommendation from China students.
This is definitely a prejudice. There is no doubt that the admissions officer may read two lines of general, boastful and repetitive letters of recommendation, but the professor will certainly seriously consider those true, specific and pertinent letters of recommendation.
In Britain, a country that attaches great importance to personal credit, it can be said that the recommendation made by referees to British schools with their own credit is a big variable in the whole application. There are still many students who think that the recommendation letter should be only two or three pages, and never more than one page. I don't know, how much space is left on a page after adding the address, contact information and position of the recipient's recommender? What else can it mean? If the recommender doesn't know each other very well, or has dealt with each other for many years, such a letter of recommendation won't play any role. If there is, it can only show that the recommender is not willing to write a letter of recommendation to you at all.
Who is the best person to write a letter of recommendation? For the application of research courses, there must be at least 1 academic recommendation in two letters of recommendation, that is, 1 professors or teachers recommend you, and the recommended content is mainly about your academic ability and research ability.
However, it should be noted that even for research courses, the admission committee pays more attention to the diversity of students. Therefore, when recommending courses, we should not be limited to classroom and scientific research, but also consider its extracurricular activities and social activities. For law school, business school and other applications, we should pay attention to the recommendation letter of work, especially the recommendation letter from your boss and the leader of the internship unit.