如何找教授要推荐信?
推荐信在很多研究生申请中几乎是必不可少的材料,这直接关系到你的申请材料能不能被审理,一份高质量的推荐信,能给申请带来很大的帮助。怎么联系教授给自己写推荐信就是硕士过程中很重要的一步。怎么联系教授要推荐信呢?
第一步:联系你的教授
在申请截止日期前几周联系您的推荐人,以确认他们同意做推荐。
确认他们当前的电子邮件地址,以及推荐人目前职位
第二步:向您的推荐人提供信息和文件,帮助他们展示您的经验和潜力。例如:学生成绩报告单)
简历 (CV)
resume
个人陈述
调查报告
更改名称(如适用)
第三:一旦他们同意支持您的申请,请告诉您的推荐人:他们将收到一封来自加拿大所申请大学的电子邮件,其中包含指向安全且保密的在线推荐链接( 在您完成研究生在线申请并处理费用后的一到两个工作日内)。
他们将在第一封电子邮件发送后的 7 天和 14 天收到两封电子邮件提醒,以完成表格。
推荐信表格需要在您的专业申请截止日期之前完成。
指定截止日期以确保您的参考表格在申请截止日期之前完成。
第四:与您的推荐人分享一些学校的推荐技巧!
比如在滑铁卢大学的官网上就有针对推荐人的要求:
Do
- Make the time for the students you mentor to assist them with their full application packages, including selection of additional referees.
- Collect the background information you need to inform your letter, e.g., the applicant’s current CV, proposed plan of study, academic transcripts.
- Explain why you are qualified to appraise the applicant.
- Tailor your reference letter to the requested criteria. Failure to comment on a specified characteristic, e.g., leadership, might be taken to indicate weakness in that area.
- Provide clear indication of the applicant’s strengths, e.g., quantify: the best writing skills of the 20 PhD students I have supervised; provide examples; use superlatives appropriately.
- Elaborate on accomplishments, e.g., explain why a grade, presentation or publication is noteworthy; why the research plan is important.
- Reflect the true merits of the applicant. Although you will want to present the candidate positively, not everyone is in the top 2%. Misrepresentation will be picked up by reviewers.
- Address areas of potential criticism, if relevant, e.g., explain why an aspect of the record, such as a poor early grades or a lower-than-expected publication rate, may not reflect the potential of the applicant.
- Make your letter stand out. Reviewers read many, many letters.
- Proofread your letter.
Don't
- Reiterate the CV or plan of study without elaboration.
- For confidentiality reasons, make comparisons to other students by name.
- Talk about yourself (your course, your research program) without bringing it back to the applicant (e.g., their strengths, how it supports their academic growth)
- Assume the reader understands specifics of your field, e.g., technical aspects, the best journals.
- ‘Damn with faint praise'. While a statement such as, “S(he) will likely successfully complete the program” may be the best you can say for a borderline applicant, this will disadvantage a top scholar.
- Include irrelevant information.
- Leave too little time.