许多大学老师都曾被有意向到海外留学的学生邀请写一封推荐信。申请国外研究生时，大多学校通常会要求学生提供两至三封的推荐信，而一封好的推荐信能够增加被推荐人成功录取的几率，其重要性无需多言。本篇文章里Wordvice会向大家说明，老师应当给怎样的同学做推荐，以及推荐信应包含哪些内容，在文章最后我们将提供推荐信范文供参考。 英文推荐信撰写技巧 当学生找来写推荐信时，请记住一个基本准则：你应该是对这个学生有充分了解的。作为推荐人，最好了解申请者的优点且需熟悉申请者学习情况、学习目的是否明确、适应能力、创造能力、性格和特长等。许多学生在寻找推荐人时，往往第一看重的是推荐人的名气，如果遇到这样的同学，大可以建议他去找更熟悉他的老师来写推荐信。 在写推荐信时，要包含以下几个重点和方向： 推荐人的全名与申请人的基本情况介绍 交待推荐人与申请者的关系（如何认识、了解程度、关系) 对申请者的基本评价（如：专业基础、个性、人品、特点、工作态度、发展潜力和实例）要注意相对于强调实务应变能力的公司，学校更看重的是学生的学术潜能； 推荐人可以介绍申请人曾获得奖励、发表的论文、参加过的重要学术会议、其曾在学生组织或学术团体中的任职来支撑自己对申请人的正面评价 推荐人必须清楚地表明被推荐人留学的身份是研究生还是访问学者，专业领域及研究方向 必须表明推荐人的态度是极力推荐还是保留推荐 如果对学生足够了解，那么可以在信中描述被推荐人的人格特质，甚至如何克服挫折或压力 量化表现：提供资料给推荐者时，尽量以「他的成绩排在全系的10%-15%」，或「他在哪些课程里表现很好，而这个课程需要良好的C++编程设计能力以及Matlab的某某应用」。换言之，让你的表现是具有参考指标的 英文推荐信范文 以下提供英文推荐信模板： To the Graduate Admissions Department at : (OR) To the Graduate Admissions Department at : (第一段说明推荐者的职位、与申请者之间的关系，以及对申请者的整体评价) It is my pleasure to recommend Jane Doe for admission to at . I am an associate professor of at . I came to know Jane while teaching her in . The course comprised . Jane distinguished herself by submitting an exceptionally well researched and interesting project on . She is one of the very best students that I have taught in the past five years in respect of her writing ability and research skills. (第二段具体说明申请者的特质和技能，并提供具体事例证明申请者的能力) Overall, Jane is highly intelligent and has good problem-solving skills. Her demonstrated her ability to come a detailed understanding of the lifestyles of pre-historic hominids, and to analyze the consequences of those practices on evolution. She gave a particularly interesting discussion of the difficult practice of tool-shaping and a profound engagement with the use and the implications of these tools. Her overall intelligence is also reflected in her grades for the course, which were among the highest in the class. (第三段说明更多的特质、技能以及事例说明) Jane has excellent communication skills. Her written work is both clear and concise, as well as interesting to read. She demonstrated her oral articulateness in the discussion sections that were an integral part of the course. Each discussion section focused on a particular aspect of Olduvian Gorge hominids. Students were required analyze unsolved questions and to develop and defend their own theories. Jane was highly proficient in applying the course material in analyzing these “puzzles.” She always explained her views very concisely and gave supporting arguments that were both clear and persuasive. Jane also demonstrated good teamwork skills in group assignments. (第四段说明更多的特质、技能以及事例说明) At a personal level, Jane is a well-disciplined, industrious student with a pleasant personality. Throughout the course, Jane demonstrated great perseverance and initiative. Not only was she interested in and motivated to learn the material, but she also put great work into assimilating it to her own experience and developing her own ideas about each topic that we discussed. (第五段说明为何推荐申请者，以及申请者为什么适合该专业或学校) Jane is unquestionably an exceptional candidate for graduate study in . Jane’s work in suggests that she would greatly benefit from the opportunities for intellectual development provided by a sustained period of graduate study. She has proven herself to have the perseverance, initiative, and intellectual creativity necessary to complete an advanced graduate degree. I would therefore highly recommend Jane Doe. If her performance in my class is a good indication of how she would perform as a graduate student, she would be an extremely positive asset to your program. (第六段：礼貌性地表示可以协助提供更多信息) If I can be of any further assistance, or provide you with any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, 撰写推荐信时，非常容易出现的问题就是用词等英文表现不够正式formal。这时，则需要注意将撰写好的推荐信再交给专业的英语母语润色专家来进行润稿，让推荐信更加具有可读性和说服力，也体现了推荐人本身良好的英文素养和专业形象。 | 英语博客 | 论文润色 | 学术论文翻译 | 学科母语编辑 | 关于我们 |
美国的交通工程专业一般都是在土木与环境工程系（ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering）或者土木工程系（Department of Civil Engineering）下面的一个方向，而土木系又是属于工程学院（Collegeof Engineering）里面。所以在搜索的时候可以搜索 某个学校名 + transportation engineering，这样就会找到某学校的交通工程的网页，然后在里面浏览交通方向的老师。记得用英文关键词搜索的时候务必用yahoo（Google也很好，但是在大陆被屏蔽），它搜索的结果比百度准确的多。 我自己做了一个系列视频，叫做《海外教授详解留学申请》，在优酷上，采访了几个美国和其他国家学校交通工程方向（也有其他专业的，比如哈佛大学数学系的）的老师。他们详细的说明了怎么申请，什么样的学生会被录取等。非常鼓励看一下学习学习。网页如下（可以进入我的频道看更多的采访教授详解留学申请的视频）： http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzUyNDc3Mzky.html http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzUyNDc3NDU2.html http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzUyNjY0NTEy.html http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzU5MTk3ODA4.html http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzU5MTk0MDE2.html http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODA4MzY3Nzk2.html http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODYwOTc2NDA4.html 对于申请硕士学位的，选一个知名学校，好的城市比较有用（方便毕业后找工作）。对于申请博士学位的，研究方向是最关键的，研究方向不一致，被录取或拿到奖学金的几率就很小了。所以申请的同学还是要去感兴趣的学校网页上和老师网页上探索研究一番才行。这里提示要善于运用学校的资源。第一，有的老师是从国外学校回来的，无论是在国外学校做的访问还是工作还是拿的学位，都应该跟国外某些学校有联系。第二，学校有有跟国外学校固定的联系，比如海外院长，所以可以申请或发邮件询问一下他们的招生情况。第三，学校经常邀请国外的老师来学校做学术报告，可以抓住机会建立联系，询问招生情况等。 选校的时候不要紧盯学校或者专业排名。交通工程只是一个方向，美国没有专门对于交通工程的排名。下面我就列了些知名的有交通工程方向的学校，排名不分先后。这个列表仅供参考。这个列表是不完全的 ,因为怎么算一个学校有交通工程方向呢？记得交通工程只是一个方向，所以如果学校里面有一个研究交通方向的老师，那这个学校就算是有交通工程方向了。有的时候这个老师甚至不再土木系里面，当然这种情况很少，但比如Universityof Pennsylvania的Dr. Megan Ryerson就是研究交通方向，但她属于Departmentof City and Regional Planning，因为University ofPennsylvania没有土木工程系。（转载请注明作者杨鸿泰） 1. University of Texas at Austin 2. University of California at Berkley 3. University of California at Irvine 4. Texas AM University 5. University of Maryland 6. Northwestern University 7. Georgia Institute of Technology 8. University of Virginia 9. University of Tennessee at Knoxville 10. University of Florida 11. University of Central Florida 12. Virginia Tech 13. University of Washington 14. Old Dominion University 15. Purdue University 16. University of Wisconsin at Madison 17. Florida International University 18. University of Arizona 19. Cornell University 20. University of Maryland 21. Colorado State University 22. Vanderbilt University 23. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 24. New Jersey Institute of Technology 25. University of California at Riverside 26. Michigan State University 27. Arizona State University 28. University of New Mexico 29. University of Nebraska–Lincoln 30. Iowa State University 31. University of Missouri 32. Oregon State University 33. University of Colorado at Denver 34. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 35. California State University 36. University of Connecticut 37. Portland State University 38. Ohio State University 39. George Washington University 40. Washington State University 41. University of Delaware 42. Pennsylvania State University 43. University of Idaho 44. George Mason University 45. University of Iowa 46. Wayne State University 47. University of California at Davis 48. San Jose State University 49. Kansas State University 50. Auburn University 51. University of Southern California 52. University of Utah 53. University of Birmingham 54. University of Pittsburgh 55. San Jose State University 56. University of Michigan 57. Louisiana State University 58. Montana State U 59. Monash U 60. U of Cincinnati 61. U of Arkansas 62. Rutgers U 63. U of Nevada, Reno 64. Morgan State U 65. U of Texas, Arlington 66. U of Pennsylvania 67. U of North Carolina 68. MIT 69. U of Massachusetts, Amherst 70. U of Kansas 71. North Carolina State U 72. Clemson U （转载请注明作者杨鸿泰）
该表来自于Upenn 材料和化工系 小秘打印。不知道怎么传图 我就照着抄写下来吧(一模一样没有一个字母的增减)。 -----------------------分割线------------------------------------ China Top (automatic admits)（顶级。。。俺注：自动给AD的意思？） Peking U Tsinghua U Fudan U Zhejiang U Nanjing U USTC Shanghai Jiao Tong China Near Top （接近顶级） Harbin Institute of Technology Xian Jiaotung U Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Also known as Central China UST) Wuhan U Jilin U Sun Yet Sun U Sichuan U Nankai U China : Other reputable universities （其他著名大学） South East University Darlian UST Tongji U Tianjin U Xiamen U Shangdon U University of Science and Technology of Beijing East China U of Science and Technology Central South U Beijing Institute of Aeronautics Wuhan U of Technology South China of Technology For PhD applicants, Chinese Academies of Science may have good students (with master) in some case.（中科院。。。不对，国科大有好学生） China: Automatic Rejects:（自动拒绝列表.......） Northwest University Beijing Institute of Technology Southwest Jiaotung U Yanshan U Southwest U of Science and Technology Kuming U North China U of Technology Chongqing U Hefei University of Technology Beijing U of Chemical Technology Shanghai U Shaanxi U of Science and Technology China U of Petroleum Kuming U of Science and Technology Shijiazhuang Tidoa U ------------------------------------完----------------------------- Automatic Rejects的学校我猜多半是又不良记录的学生在Upenn。这个是最近两年的宾大材料系录取的一个对中国大学的参考，小秘打印的材料，算是内幕消息了，第一张自动录取的名单估计是自动进入委员会审核吧（小秘一般会先刷一部分，比如Automatic Rejects的，然后剩下的才会交给委员会审核）。 这个只是宾大材料和化工系的一个内幕标准，不代表别的系和学校，大家看来或许会有些争议，但是多多少少能说明些问题。美国名校眼中的优劣评价。 和学校的名声，以及历届在宾大的学生表现有关。 奉劝哪些申请材料造假的，别害了自己又坑了母校和学弟学妹了就。 仅供参考哈！ 另外宾大材料系 master 项目 今年发了80个AD。。。汗一个 上一届据说也是发了80了AD enroll 45个。
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