美國留學申請推薦信的模式

推薦信的格式有些模式可循,以下將針對各段提供模式作參考：

（一）抬頭可用的格式有：

  Dear Sir/Madam;

  To Whom It May Concern:

（二）第一段：引文句子可以引用如：

“It is a pleasure to recommend to you (name), a former student of mine at (name of university).” 

“I an very happy to have this opportunity to recommend (name), who is presently applying for admission to your graduate (or undergraduate) program in (name of program).”

“I understand that (name) is applying for admissions to your graduate (undergraduate) school, and has requested that I write this letter of recommendation for her/him.”

“In my capacity as professor at xxxx University, I have known xxx for three years, as both his/her advisor and professor.”

（三）第二段：這段可以提供最實質的內容。譬如,如果推薦者是教授, 解釋學生在他門下所修的課程。

“(name) took two of my courses during the 1984-85 academic year, as follows; “xxxxx” and “xxxxx”.”

“(Name) was enrolled in three of classes from September 1984 to June 1986 “xxx” and “xxx”.”

接下來,教授寫一些有關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。

“In my class (es), (name) did excellent work. She always listened attentively, participated activitely in class, and handed in very good written assignment.
   “In particular, his/her research paper on (topic) was of exceptionally high quality, and showed that s/he fully understands and has a strong background in his/her field.”

如果推薦人是工作主管,首先一定要仔細陳述申請人的工作職責,并對申請者工作表現(xiàn)作一評估。如果可能的話盡量列舉實例。

“When (name) held the position of (job title) in this company she was one s/he was one of my best employees. His/her job responsibilities included (describe them), and s/he carried out his/her duties with exceptional skill and professionalism.”

“S/he not only did his/her own work, but also helped other employees, and made many valuable contributions to the efficient running to our firm.”

第二段最后一段：可以提及申請人在班上（或公司里）的比較表現(xiàn)（譬如排名）：

“I was rate (name)'s academic ability as in the top 10% of his/her class.”

“Compared against other students that I have taught, I would say that (name) ranks in the upper 10%.

接下來,推薦者可對申請人能否成功完成學業(yè)提出看法。舉例：

“Based on his/her previous performance, I am certain that (name) would be a very successful student at your university.”

“I believe that (name) possesses all the qualities necessary to make an excellent graduate student in his/her chosen field, and am sure that s/he will make a fine addition to your campus.”
（四）第三段：如果還有其它話想說,請另寫一段.例如：英文能力、溝通技巧、領導才能、特殊學術或工作背景。譬如說,如果申請人欲申請的科系是企管系,推薦者可著力描寫他們有關申請人商業(yè)的專門技術、領導才能,以及申請者所參加的商業(yè)活動,例如,有關商業(yè)方面的組織社團。又如,申請人申請護理研究所,推薦者可著力描寫他們關懷的態(tài)度、處理實驗室的技能,或是對病人的奉獻。

（五）最后,以幾句結尾作總結；

“Therefore, I am happy to highly and without reservation recommend (name) for admission to your graduate program. Your kind/serious consideration of his/her application would be most appreciated.”

“I am thus pleased to give my full support and recommendation to (name)'s application for admission to your school. If any further information is required, please feel free to contact me.”

  簽名：
  Sincerely,
  Sincerely yours,
  Very truly yours,
  With best regards,

下面結合上面的部分內容，給出一篇推薦信樣例（被推薦的同學是數(shù)學系的）

Dear Sir/Madam:

I am writing this letter of recommendation for Mr.Caleb,my former student. I have known Mr. Caleb for more than 6 years since his freshman year at "University of Minnesota". At that time, he took the course-- "Mathematical Analysis," which I taught mainly for junior students majoring in Mathematics. To my surprise, I found he was among the few students in his class who could keep up with the pace of my lectures. Moreover, he often posed thought-provoking questions during the course. Thus it was natural that I liked discussing with this young man and became familiar with him. The more I knew him, the more I found he was talented at mathematics. As you can see, he got excellent scores on the course. In fact, he ranked No. 1 on this 270 hours course in the talented student class which has 34 intelligent others.

With his outstanding talent and solid mathematical background, he also did quite well in most other courses during his undergraduate study. By the way, you may wonder why his undergraduate scores look not so good compared to other Chinese applicants. It is easy to explain, because he belonged to the talented student class, which were required to endure harder test papers and stricter grading than most other college students did at least at "University of Minnesota".

He even served as Prof. Linda s Research Assistant for one year. No one could deny his commitment to his job. As a matter of fact, Prof. Linda s electronic lab happened to be neighboring my office and I could always see him working in the lab, either repairing the instruments or helping Prof. Linda collect lab reports. Maybe one more example will demonstrate his commitment more clearly. Once he suggested compiling a FORTRAN program to solve a complicated circuit problem in his class. In order to do that, he had to do a lot of computer work. However, because there were few computers available in our computer lab, he had to wake up at 5 a.m. in winter (please note: "Twin city" is a downtown near the north border of China, so it is pretty cold in winter and the heating system is not working very well.) to ensure the 1st position of the long waiting line for his classmates and himself! At last he and his classmates finished the program successfully with his great efforts.

As to his personality, I would like to say Mr. Caleb is a warm-hearted, honest and upright student. He was always ready to help others. During my lectures, many students got confused at some points and I could always see Mr. Caleb help them explain during breaks. In the meanwhile, I must admit that Mr. Caleb was a bit impatient sometimes.

Finally, I would like to conclude my recommendation as follows: frankly, Mr. Caleb is not a genius, but I promise his great intelligence, commitment to work and his kind nature will impress you deeply. Thus I recommend him without reservation for his admission and financial aid to your program. Please feel free to contact me if needed.

Sincerely Yours,

xxx

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