<p>This is a recommendation for UCAS (colleges in the UK). . .</p>
<p>The recommendation is from an english guy. . . He is my physics professor and headmaster. I thought his recommendation would be better. . . He really likes me. . . </p>
<p>Reference of ***********</p>
<p>To whom it may concern;</p>
<p>*********** joined ************ in September 1997 as a student in Grade 1, and I have known him since I joined the school seven years ago, as its director.</p>
<p>*********** is a highly motivated student whose academic performance year by year has seen him rarely out of our "Honours List" with an overall average of 16+ out of 20. Intellectually he has great potential and coupled with a sharp and inquiring mind he is a great pleasure to teach and have in the classroom. The courses he has elected to take in his High School years are among the most demanding available and commensurate with his chosen ambitions. His interest in science extends beyond the classroom and follows the latest developments in science and technology with an avid interest.</p>
<p>In the classroom he grasps new concepts and ideas very rapidly and is very quick to link them with previous ideas and topics. His logical and enquiring mind is always seeking to understand what is being taught and will not accept just to learn without justification.</p>
<p>To sum up, ******* is an excellent student with a fine academic background, and with the undoubted potential to extend to the highest echelons of academia. I would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending ******* to any of the top universities in either Europe, or North America.</p>
<p>If it was for UCAS you were going to end up seeing it anyway, as you upload the recommendations yourself to the application. (at least, that’s how it worked last year).</p>
<p>@perfidious91: No he sent it, but before he did so I saw it, so I remembered it and wrote it on this site to get you opinions about it.</p>
<p>@thirdfloor: You probably applied independantly, meaning your school isn’t part of UCAS. If your school was part of UCAS, you would have filled out all your info (scores and statement) and your recommender would predict your scores and submit the recommendation. I saw a written version of the recommendation because my teacher was filling out a written recommendation needed for Cambridge.</p>
<p>It seems a little…bland…as if they were reading off your resume. It’s good though, but I’m not sure if your teacher is that skilled of a writer…</p>
<p>Hm… his letter seems more like what a counselor would say-- about our course selection and stuff. I think the letter is a bit short, and pretty general.</p>
<p>Hmm. If you time or a choice, I would try getting a recommendation from a teacher that touches on who YOU are, not your interest or aptitude in science. The admissions officers can see all of that information from your resume; they’d rather hear about another side of you.
However, if you don’t have the time/resources for another (better) recommendation, it’ll do. It’s certainly good, just a little… bland.</p>
<p>OTOH, you said this is a rec for schools in the UK, and you said that this guy is English. There may be a different tone that the English are used to and expecting that we aren’t familiar with.</p>
<p>In the US, there would normally be more personal stuff. For the UK, I certainly don’t know what’s typical.</p>
<p>Eh, it’s okay. Fyi, to a few of you above, recommendation letters are meant to be private. All the schools I applied to made me have them sealed and signed across the flap before I ever got them in my hands. It makes sure that the author of the letter isn’t just saying those things to make you feel good about yourself, he’s being honest.</p>
<p>As for your letter, AKDigger, it seems to be okay. Kind of in that “mediocre” range. He only says things that any college rep. could see on your transcript, and usually a copy of your school’s profile is sent along with that, so truly that doesn’t help you much. I was lucky with mine; the teachers who wrote my recommendation letters asked me to proofread them (yeah… very confidential, right?) and all three of my teachers and my counselor wrote letters that talked about the stuff in my transcript AND my personality. So basically where your letter doesn’t hurt you, it doesn’t make you stand out as a person. In fact, it seems like the author isn’t someone you really even know that well. Does that make sense?</p>