<p>Hi, I'm an international student and my teachers don't know what to write in my recommendations. They came to me, and I needed to know, what is a teacher suppose to write?</p>
<p>Their experience with you as a student.... that includes strengths and weaknesses. How you work in a classroom/with your fellow students, your drive, etc. Their job is to help bring your application to life, to make you seem more like the human you are. Therefore, they should try to encompass what they liked about you and what you could work on. Even great recs acknowledge all aspects of a student, and none of us are perfect :-)</p>
<p>There are on the Internet several examples of recommendation letters, for example somewhere on the MIT website. Look for them to get an idea.</p>
<p>Thanks guys. You helped a lot.</p>
<p>Here you are some links to sample recommendations:
MIT</a> Admissions | Info For Schools & Counselors: Writing Evaluations
Sample</a> teacher recommendation for a college application - myFootpath.com
Recommendation</a> Letters - Sample Recommendation Letter - Professor Recommendation
Recommendation</a> Letters - Sample Recommendation Letter - College Recommendation</p>
<p>Maybe you can find some more by googling a little.</p>
<p>Thank you very much, angelutza.</p>
<p>They should use very specific examples of what you have done or what your "approach" is, not just general statements about how you are good. They should discuss what makes you unique. For that reason, it is usually best to choose a teacher who knows you the best, not necessarily someone in whose class you did very well. </p>
<p>Also, if someone in the wider "community" (i.e., not a teacher or staff person at your school) knows you very well or has worked with you extensively, for example on some kind of research project, performance or major endeavor of that sort, consider sending a third letter if you think they would help illuminate you as a person.</p>
<p>Oh, and did I say SPECIFIC examples? Think about this, because the adcom is reading thousands of these letters and they can sometimes all start to sound the same after awhile, unless they are very specific - time, date, place, who, what, how, why. An action (or example of one) speaks louder than 1,000 words.</p>