<p>I'm an international applicant from a region where teachers aren't familiar with the process of writing rec letters. </p>
<p>I know that basic contents such as descriptions of academic excellence of a student matter, but what else is needed?</p>
<p>I'm also wondering about how your teachers described about you apart from anyone else.</p>
<p>One that says a lot more about you than what adcoms can see from your transcript and AP scores. </p>
<p>A recommendation that says something about who you are as a person are excellent recommendations. Although I have to say I don’t think either of my recommendations really did any of this.</p>
<p>I have the same question.</p>
<p>I want to ask someone who has never written a college rec letter to write me a rec.</p>
<p>What are some good websites or examples that explain a good rec letter?</p>
<p>What topics should be covered?</p>
<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Info For Schools & Counselors: Writing Evaluations](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/schools/writing_evaluations/index.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/schools/writing_evaluations/index.shtml)</p>
<p>Here’s a tip sheet that MIT gives to teachers</p>
<p>@HBrown</p>
<p>What I was trying to ask was how do teachers tell about you personally, because the teachers here are only familiar with describing academic abilities and decent manners.</p>
<p>@Hitman</p>
<p>That’s exactly what I’m trying to find…</p>
<p>This was very helpful for me once upon a time. </p>
<p>[Essays</a>, Admission Information, Undergraduate Admission, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html]Essays”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html)</p>
<p>^
I remember reading it once.
Thank you though :D</p>
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<p>Excellent post. That really covers it.</p>
<p>Passion for academics. They really dig that stuff.</p>
<p>I think what Hitman and I are wondering about is this:</p>
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How do teachers describe their students through the recommendation?
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<p>ex)Do they include a certain experience? If they do, are there examples?</p>