想要申請美國大學(xué)，推薦信是必不可少的，歡迎大家閱讀下文，希望可以幫助到你。
我們不妨來看分析一封推薦信：
Dear [recipient’s name]: or To Whom it May Concern:
It is my pleasure to recommend Jane Doe for admission to [name of program] at [name of university]. I ama fifth-year Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley.
I came to know Jane when I was her Graduate Student Instructor for Philosophy 111: Ethical Relativism, taught by Professor John Smith.
The course comprised [short description of course]. Jane distinguished herself by submitting an exceptionally well researched and interesting project on ethical practices in ancient Greece. I would rank her in the top 2% of students that I have taught in the past five years in respect of her writing ability and research skills.
Overall, Jane is highly intelligent and has good analytical skills. Her project on ethical practices in ancient Greece demonstrated her ability to come a detailed understanding of the ethical practices of another, very different, culture, and to analyze the consequences of those practices for contemporary ethical theories.
She gave a particularly interesting discussion of the difficult practice of infanticide, and showed both sensitivity and detachment when discussing its ethical consequences. Her overall intelligence is also reflected in her grades for the course, which were by far the best in the class.
首先，推薦信的第一段一般都會介紹一下大體情況。
推薦人是誰，身份的說明。比如這封推薦信的推薦者是教授,于是該推薦信解釋了學(xué)生在他門下所修的課程，學(xué)習(xí)的情況以及總體對該學(xué)生的印象。在這個第一段，我們就看出該教授對這個學(xué)生的發(fā)自內(nèi)心的了解的誠摯的推薦。
Jane has excellent communication skills. Her written work is both clear and concise, as well as interesting to read. She demonstrated her oral articulateness in the discussion sections that were an integral part of the course. Each discussion section focused on a particular ethical dilemma. Students were required analyze morally problematic situations, and to develop and argue for their own ethical views with regard to the issue in question. Jane was highly proficient in applying the course material in analyzing the problem situations. She always explained her views very concisely and gave supporting arguments that were both clear and persuasive. Jane also demonstrated good teamwork skills in group assignments.
At a personal level, Jane is a well disciplined, industrious student with a pleasant personality. She went well beyond the course requirements in the quantity and quality of her project, putting in a lot of extra research and attending office hours every week. Throughout the course, Jane demonstrated great perseverance and initiative. Not only was she interested in and motivated to learn the material, but she also put great work into assimilating it to her own experience and developing her own ideas about each ethical topic that we discussed.
Jane is unquestionably an exceptional candidate for graduate study in Ethics. Jane’s work in Philosophy 111 suggests that she would greatly benefit from the opportunities for intellectual development provided by a sustained period of graduate study. She has proven herself to have the perseverance, initiative, and intellectual creativity necessary to complete an advanced graduate degree. I would therefore highly recommend Jane Doe. If her performance in my class is a good indication of how she would perform as a graduate student, she would be an extremely positive asset to your program.
接下來,推薦信一般會用一到兩段，具體寫一些有關(guān)申請人在課堂上的表現(xiàn),如完成的研究計劃、實驗室研究、研究報告、考試的成績、課堂態(tài)度、討論課的參與等,舉出實例。通過這些生動、活潑和詳實的案例非常直接有利的勾勒出學(xué)生的整體性格。比如學(xué)生的良好的溝通技巧、道德層面的美德、嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)倪壿嬎伎寄芰�、積極主動性等。以期力薦學(xué)生的實力和適應(yīng)未來的潛能。
If I can be of any further assistance, or provide you with any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
綜上，我們不難發(fā)現(xiàn)一篇好的推薦信，有以下特點：
1.選擇性
在寫推薦信之前，我們要評估找到的推薦人是否對申請有益，也就是說這個推薦人所舉薦的內(nèi)容是否和申請的專業(yè)相匹配，是否能夠通過推薦人的描述去匹配申請人的性格或是學(xué)術(shù)上的能力。在校學(xué)生，優(yōu)先選擇專業(yè)課任課老師、論文指導(dǎo)老師以及院系領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。 這樣能很好的寫清楚你和老師因為授課原因結(jié)識，之后在課堂上的表現(xiàn)老師也能比較清楚的寫出，也具有可信度。那么，推薦人對申請者的評估基準(zhǔn)就也會順理成章，你在班級或年級的排名也就有了非常確信的依據(jù)。 國內(nèi)學(xué)生對于“權(quán)威”的認(rèn)可度一直都比較高，所以我們會發(fā)現(xiàn)很多申請者偏向于選擇頭銜很大的或者行政職位很高的人作推薦者，卻忽略了一個問題：你如何陳述這些“牛人”與你的關(guān)系呢?“合適”才是選擇推薦人的關(guān)鍵。
2.突出閃光點
在突出閃光點這塊，可以分解為四點。
第一點為網(wǎng)羅申請者的優(yōu)勢：我們要思考申請這個專業(yè)的理由，申請人具有哪些技能和經(jīng)驗?zāi)芊裨诒姸喔偁幷咧袆俪�，在過往的經(jīng)驗中，已經(jīng)取得的成就。
第二點為描述申請者的特性。每年招生辦公室都會都到數(shù)以千計的推薦信，有的時候脫穎而出的原因就在于個性因素，比如招生官希望看到申請者的成就，申請者在工作中是如何克服障礙，這些經(jīng)歷對于未來獲得成功的影響，申請者是否具有良好的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力和對問題解決的創(chuàng)造力。對專業(yè)性較強(qiáng)的申請者，比如理工科，醫(yī)學(xué)等，論文指導(dǎo)老師能夠在信中從專業(yè)角度對研究潛力進(jìn)行評述。 對于申請商科類的學(xué)生，還需要強(qiáng)調(diào)自己在理論學(xué)習(xí)外的能力，比如溝通能力、團(tuán)隊領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力、解決問題的能力等。
第三點為注意一體性。招生委員會不僅僅是要看一個人的品性，更是會周全的考慮一個班級的人員配置。因此，學(xué)生的性格也是招生官考量的一部分。比如學(xué)生是不是有幽默感，是不是一個好的傾聽者，是不是有自己的特長?像這樣的細(xì)節(jié)，不會出現(xiàn)在簡歷中，但是出現(xiàn)在推薦信中往往可以做出很大的幫助。一般在院系領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的推薦信中，在課業(yè)之外的表現(xiàn)比如社團(tuán)活動、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力、溝通力等也能非常合理的提出，從而使推薦信的整體更具有力度。
第四點為注意用詞。推薦信中，像 “hardworking,” “enthusiastic,” or “creative”這樣的形容詞不能進(jìn)行很好的量化，要盡量避免過于浮夸或者含糊的用詞，盡可能的使用案例。
3.注意細(xì)節(jié)
推薦信的寫法一般都有固定的格式，一般創(chuàng)新型推薦信比較罕見，因此需要同學(xué)們注意書寫格式和控制推薦信的長短。目前美國院�；径际蔷W(wǎng)絡(luò)推薦信，我們還要注意和推薦人溝通網(wǎng)推的時間，避免選擇的推薦人太忙，而沒有時間給學(xué)校發(fā)送推薦信等細(xì)節(jié)。
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