Recently I have been I reviewed few drafts of recommendation letters. Students tend to get confused while writing recommendation letters draft that will help the reference letter provider to highlight the important skills.
All Recommendation Lettters Will be Positive
I read a comment from one of the professor who said, almost all the recommendation letters written by professors from India and China say every student they is their favorite student and come under in top 5% of the class.
I know majority of you reading this article will agree to it. so, how do you think college admission committee will able to differentiate students profile if SOP, LOR looks to be same?
Effective Recommendation Letter
An effective recommendation letter is written by someone who meets some of the following criteria:
- Is aware of your subject of interest and the universities and colleges you will be applying
- Must evaluate your performance having known you for some period of time
- Should be able to describe your social skills and personal characteristics
- Is able to discuss your capacity to work with others in team environment and individual contribution.
- Can discuss your leadership skills
- Able to discuss your communication skills
- Can able to evaluate your level of personal skills like punctuality, efficiency, assertivness,
- Can discuss your academic skills — not simply experience, but evaluate your potential to succeed in graduate-level study
- Evaluates you positively relative to others
- Has some recognition and whose judgment is highly valued within the field
So, make sure above said 10 criteria is followed while drafting recommendation letter. Also, read Do’s and Dont’s while writing recommendation letter. Having mistakes or missing out important information in LOR will reduce the impact of the reference letter. College admission committee should receive the letter in sealed envelop. Some colleges provide option for the recommender to email the graduate school directly or submit the recommendation letter online.
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hey . hw r u? am renu wanted to ask u about spring admission. is it ok if i tk admission in spring… and what about schlorships in spring. and please wil you send some sample sop’s so that i cn get an idea of how to start writing sop. i want to pursue an MS in biotehnology. thank u ….