1. 为了便于校方查阅,必须提到被推荐者的全名。
2. 必须交待与被推荐者的认识期间(何时开始认识或认识多久),认识程度(偶尔见面或密切接触)及关系(师生关系,上下级关系,同事等)。
3. 对被推荐者的优点介绍及评价,这是推荐信的核心。主要包括被推荐者的天赋,学习成绩,研究能力,工作经验,学习精神,组织能力,品行及个性方面。
4. 必须表明推荐人的态度,是极力推荐还是有保留地推荐。
最近一些学校出于各种原因,设计了推荐表格,由推荐人填写,但其主要内容也和推荐信涉及的相同。
范例1 计算机教授推荐信
at the request of mr. xizhen chen, my former student in the department of computer science, beijing univ. of sciences, i am glad to write this letter furnishing my evaluation of his academic aptitude for your reference. mr. chen is interested in your graduate program in computer science.
i came to know him in september 1987 when mr. chen enrolled in my class on fortran iv programming, a three semesters course.in the class he was one of the most outstanding students. at the semester final he earned a high grade of 81, which should be "a" according to our grading system. i also found him good at other studies.
after the class, he had personal talks with me several times. he indicated a great interest in computer hardware, in my opinion, mr. chen has a potential in computer science, which can be further developed.
in view of his previous achievements in this college, i am firmly convinced that mr. chen will make a successful graduate student.your favorable consideration of his admission will be highly
appreciated.