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1、AdvicetoGraduateSchoolRecommendationLetterWritersShriramKrishnamurthiFirstversion:2008-03-25.Revised:2008-03-26(thanks,KathiFisler).SomeyearsagoIwastalkingtoavisitingscholarwhowasafacultymemberinaforeigncountry.Iaskedherwhylettersfromhercountryseemedtobesouninformative.Shepoint
2、edoutthatthere,facultynever*read*letters:theyonlywritethem.Evengraduatestudentsareadmittedpurelyonthebasisoftestscores.Thefactswerehardlysurprising--afterall,thisisthesystemIgrewupwithinIndia--butafterhearingthewaysheputit,theproverbialbulblitup.Ifyouneverevaluatelettersyoursel
3、f,howwouldyouknowwhatlettersshouldandshouldn'tcontain?Thefeedback--admissiondecisions--isseeminglyrandom,andthereforeoflittleuse.Hencethisarticle.Disclaimer:Thisisanextremelypersonalopinion.Itdoesn'trepresenttheviewsofmydepartmentormyuniversity.Moreimportantly,manyfacultymaydis
4、agreewiththeopinionshere,sousethemwithcaution!Feedbackwelcome.Whatthisdocumentisabout:WritingeffectiverecommendationlettersforPhDstudentsapplyingtocomputersciencePhDprogramsintheUS.Whomthisisfor:Letter-writerswhoareunsureofwhatmakesforagoodletter.Thismayalsohelpstudentsprepareb
5、etterdossierstogivetheirletter-writers.(Abravestudentmightevenpointherletter-writertothisarticle.)Alsoread:MorHarchol-Balter'scomments,MichaelErnst'sadvice.WhyLettersMatterDoesanyonereadthelettersatall?Wedo,rigorously,sometimesascarefullyaswereadaresearchpaper:peninhand,circlin
6、gcomments,annotatingmargins,notingwhattheletterdidanddidn'tsay.Infact,lettersaresoimportant,evenabadtranscriptcanbeoffsetbythem.Iknowastudentwhogotintoafinegraduateprogramwithjusta2.67GPA.Thisisbecausehis2.67wasspecial:heacedhardclassesandgotboredineasyones.Hisletterspresumably
7、saidso,andillustratedthiswithseveralanecdotes.So,notevery2.67isequal,andyourstudent'smaybeofjusttherightkind;butwewon'tknowthatwithoutyourletter.MyConstraints(or,TheOne-MinuteRule)WhenI'monthecommittee,Itrytoreadeveryapplication;whenIchairit,ImakesureIdo,somemultipletimes.That'
8、smanyhundredsofapplicationsinunderamonth.Factorinlotsa
