sorry,please see the following recommendation.
Bill Clintion"
Professor Emeritus
Department of Applied Mathematics
"University of Minnesota"
"Twin City", "Minnesota"
P.R.China, 100000
Phone: 86-123-4567890-3644
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 "Un
iversity of Minnesota". At that time,
he took the course--" Mathematical Analysis," which I taught mainly for juni
or students majoring in Mathematics. To my surprise, I found he was among th
e 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. Th
us it was natural that I liked discussing with this young man and became fa
miliar with him. The more I knew him, the more I found he was talented at ma
thematics. 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 whic
h 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 s
tudents 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 el
ectronic lab happened to be neighboring my office and I could always see hi
m working in the lab,either repairing the
instruments or helping Prof. Linda collect lab reports. Maybe one more exam
ple will demonstrate his commitment more clearly. Once he suggested compilin
g a FORTRAN program to solve a complicated
circuit problem in his class. In order to do that, he had to do a lot of com
puter work. However, because there were few computers available in our compu
ter lab, he had to wake up at 5 a.m. in
winter (please note: "Twin City" is a downtown near the north border of Chin
a, 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 cla
ssmates 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 l
ectures, 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 sometime
s.
Finally, I would like to conclude my recommendation as follows: frankl
y, Mr. caleb is not a genius, but I promise his great intelligence, commitme
nt to work and his kind nature will
impress you deeply. Thus I recommend him without reservation for his admissi
on and financial aid to your program. Please feel free to contact me if need
ed.
Sincerely Yours,
"Clintion Bill"