in capacity as professor of mathematics at fudan university?i'm writing to recommend mr. wang?gesintosyour phd program in computer science. i have known mr. wang since his sophomore year of college?and have acted as his thesis advisormentor. in my experience?he is a gifteddiligent student?and an admirably hard worker.
wang is an impressive student because he has been forced to overcome the significant challenge of a serious illness during his freshman year. when i first met wang in my discrete math class?he did not appear to be anything special to me. while his exam scores were good?they were not as high as i would now expect of him. what i didn't know then was that due to his illness?wang was attempting to take all of the difficult early mathematics courses at one time?including discrete mathematics?advanced mathematics?linear algebra?and possibilities. while most students found preparing for just one set of these exams difficult?wang was overwhelmed by four of them. but in the end?he achieved an impressive score on the final exam?which made me conscious of his unusual determination he demonstrates when confronting difficult challenges.
mr. wangi have often talked about a variety of mathematicscomputer science conceptsproblems. during these discussions?i always found him to be delightfully intelligent. not only does he quickly understand the conceptsproblems presented to him?he is able to analyze these problemspresent solutions. but perhaps most important is that wang's thinking is intensely rigorous. when looking at any question?he carefully scrutinizes itif he finds any uncertain issue
he clears them up immediately. i believe this kind of thought is essential to become an excellent computer programmer.
serving as his thesis advisor?i had a first-hand opportunity to observe the way in which wang's mind works. in his senor thesis?mr. wang mainly discussed two challenging questions in regards to′ann′。 in our books in china?knowledge of annits uses are very rare. few people in china have studied this topicconsequently?the materials that are available on ann are limited. working on this difficult project?not only did mr. wang rise to the challenge?but he went abovebeyond the call of duty to analyze his secondary sourcestest them for accuracy in practice. in this way?he found mistakes in the book that we use. his diligencehard work made me extremely proud of him.
dear colleagues：
as a teacher in department of biology, nankai university, a leading university in china, i am very pleased to take this opportunity to recommend one of my favorite students to your phd program.
in september, XX, miss zhang was my students in general biology, the first professional course they take in the field. she likes it very much. i teach her in an open and interactive manner, she is active and passionate about answering class questions. miss zhang is bright, energetic and enthusiastic girl who loves speaking out her own ideas. she never escapes from those points of which she is skeptical. apart from that, she often puts forward her ideas upon questions and exchanges all of her innovate ideas with me after class.
upon ending of general biology course, i asked my students to write an essay upon their understanding of biology. i discovered miss zhang’s essay was so impressive and persuasive; her careful essay comes from dozens of references to biology literatures. in essay miss zhang stretched out her creative thinking upon status quo of biological research and branches in the field of biology. all of this speaks to her creative and logical and scientific thinking capability. i am gladly to say that miss zhang has a clear understanding about general biology, that comprehension has been reflected fully in her essay. therefore miss zhang got a full point for her essay in her class, and other students took it as model essay for granted.
i believe miss zhang’s industriousness, passion and dedication will make her an ideal candidate you are seeking for your program, so i highly recommend her without any hesitation to you. and i will greatly appreciate it if you could accept her into your program.
sincerely yours,
prof. ×××
dear sir / madam:
in the capacity of ×× of class ×, no. × middle school of ××, p. r china, i am writing with pleasure to recommend mr. ×× to your esteemed university.
i have known mr. × as a resourceful and goal-oriented individual since 20××, when he, as a freshman, attended the first lecture i delivered, at the beginning of which he asked perceptive and challenging questions with conspicuously typical english. then at the final exam of the first term, he got ×× which seems a bit lower, but if you take the difficulty of the test papers and my strict grading into account, you will understand why such a score is still among the top five. undoubtedly, he got excellent scores on other courses and ranked among the top 5% of his class during the rest years of his high school study.
to my knowledge, mr. × is not only strong in academics, but also in sports and social activities. he was the captain of the ×× team of our school and led the team to win the champianship for × successive years. he was also one of the main founders of the first academic club --"××" of no × middle school.
after his graduation, he still keeps in touch with me from time to time and i am pleased to see that he proved his outstanding capability by applying to study abroad. therefore i feel very delighted when he told me he would like to pursue his advanced studies in your honored program. i am confident that mr. ×will contribute greatly to your program as well as he did in no. ×. please do not hesitate to contact me if you need more information about my top student mr. ×.
yours sincerely
×××
From: ****
Department of the SPECWeAL CLASS GWeFTED for YOUTHS
University of Science and Technology
Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
July 1, 1998
Dear Sir or Madam:
We take great pleasure in recommending Wang Yong, one of my favorite students, for admission into your distinguished graduate program.
Mr. Wang was admitted in 1986 at 14 years of age into the SPECWeAL CLASS for the GWeFTED YOUTHS, my university's unique program that caters to the intellectual needs of unusually talented Chinese youngsters. Wet was a rare privilege he earned with his nearly impeccable academic performance through the years of his elementary and secondary school.
He impressed me almost as he entered into my university, a major cradle of china's scientific and technological talents. At the time, members of the Gifted Class all had to spend half a month studying by themselves the principles of calculus and then take an exam so that we could eva luate their self-study capability. Mr. Wang scored the highest grade in that exam. He also exhibited a keenly whetted mind during class discussions. To my regret at the time, his English was not as good as his mathematics or physics.(缺点介绍，公正真实) But We noticed he made a point of working especially hard in improving his English during his five undergraduate years with us. By now, he seems to be at least as proficient in English as most of his former classmates in the Gifted Class.
Wen my experience with Mr. Wang, We was impressed with not only his extraordinary intelligence but also his ambitions and persistence. We am sure that Mr. Wang will be an outstanding student in any doctoral program that he may care to enroll in. So We would like to support him firmly in his quest recommendation into account when considering his application. We would greatly appreciate it you decide to accept him as he wishes.
Yours sincerely
****
Professor and Deputy Head
prof. dr. 0000
leiden institute of chemistry
p.o.box 9502
2300 ra leiden
the netherlands
phone:(+31)
fax:(+31) 0000
dear prof. dr.0000
i take great pleasure in writing a letter of recommendation for dr. 0000 to support his application for a postdoctoral position in your lab.
dr. 00 is an outstanding graduate student working for the m.s. degree under my supervision. in my contact with him in the university, his creativity and attitude to research work gave me deep impression. he always proposed new ideas on his research and could resolve problems by himself, i was very satisfied with him.
dr 00 has been working on molecular luminescence research about six years. as i know, most of his researches have been concentrated on bioanalytical chemistry in his master’s work, such as protein and nucleic acids assays etc. in these fields, dr. 00 has strong background and research ability. he has and would be published several papers in international journals. i am often interested in reading his papers in publication and discussing with him. i am very appreciated of his research ability.
dr 00 also possesses very fine character. he is a devoted research worker. he works on weekends. he is an honest and smart, reliable and responsible person, and is very cooperative too.
based on these qualities, i believe this young man will achieve greater academic success in his future work. therefore, i strongly support his application, and it would be greatly appreciated if you could give him your favorable consideration.
please feel free to contact me if i can answer any additional questions about 0000. my address is as follows:
professor 0000
university
p. r. china
your sincerely
0000
professor of analytical chemistry