英語的文字次序和中文的往往相反。同時，英語的文字排列比中文更為靈活自由，可以讓寫作者根據自己需要強調的重點任意組合。文字次序的排列對於申訴信的效力有相當的影響。讀者應該盡量利用英語的這種特點，把自己的觀點表達得淋漓盡致，一步到位。舉例說明： 中文「懷疑我有移民傾向是可笑的」這句話，英語可以這樣表達為"It's a joke to suspect me having immigration intention"，也可以表達為："Suspecting me having immigration intention is a joke"，但中文卻不可以說：「這是可笑的懷疑我有移民傾向。」
Diploma and Degree Certificate (English copy ) This is to certify that X X X , born in Henan Province on Nov..18. 1970 has studied for 4 years from Sep.1987 to July. 1991 in the department of Polymer Marerial majoring in Polymer Science & Engineering. has completed all the courses prescribed in the Teaching Programme, and has passed all the exams necessary for graduation from Beijing University of Technology. Having fulfilled the requirements stipulated by the Academic Degree Regulations of the People's Republic of China, he/she is awarded the degree of Bachelor of Engineering. President: BeijingUniversityofTechnology Date:July.1991作者: cwjjzhou 時間: 2006-2-24 18:41
請校方免正式T&G成績
I decided to apply to your department. From your materails, I got to know your department belong to the school of Engineering and Applied Sciences(2111). But I have wrongly asked ETS to send my TOEFL, GRE, GRE Subject to the school of Arts & Sciences (2162).
I am wondering if you can ask my score from that school. If you can, please tell them my Name and Registration No.Name: X (family) XX (given)Date of Birth: 01/01/75Sex: MaleReg. No. for GRE Subject (together with GRE General): 1111111Test Date: 10/12/96Test Center No. 10520Reg. No. for Toefl: 1234567Test Date: May 96Test Center No. K555 As you know, the cost of Reporting scores is not low for a Chinese student. Please help. If you have any difficulty, please make me informed.作者: cwjjzhou 時間: 2006-2-24 18:43 標題: 找誰寫推薦信? 找誰寫推薦信?
AS A PEOPLE SUFFERED A LOT IN APPLICATIONS AND AT LAST GOT WHAT I WANT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF MY EXPERIUENCES AND IDEAS IN RECOMMENDATIONS , TO HELP THOSE HONORABLE NEW COMERS, AND THOSE WHO ARE SEPARATED, BY ANY REASON , LIKE MY WIFE AND ME.
In my opinion, the most important thing in application differs much from people to people, from school to school. But generally speaking, they will consider all the materials they have and at last, if there ARE STH VERY OUTSTANDING CONCERNING you, they will surely give you what you want.Among the most important things, including recommendaiotns, transcripts, score in GRE and Tofel, the most common standard is that TRANSCRIPT, TOFEL, GRE SUB, GRE GENERAL, then the recommendation.
The recommendation becomes the most trivial thing in this procession is because1) USA professors seems already know that few letters were written by faculty members, they are always the work of students'.
(2) There are few professors in china which are famous and willing to write recommedations for students who is going out.
(3) Most professors are not so famous as to be useful in deciding the students' being admitted or not.But we have some exceptions here.
When you are lucky enough to find a famous professor, famous to be known by many professors in USA, Acedamy members are not enough in this issue though. To provide a instance, like Zhang Dainian, Chen daisun, or Zhou Guangzhao, or some people who are very close friend or holding close relations with the professors you are applying, these peoples recommendations will be extremely useful.Anyway, the recommendations are required in the applications, so we need to choose the recommendations and the people to write it.
There are 6 kinds of recommendations, each is worse then the next one.
(1) Letters written by you, signed by famous professor or professor closely related to the school you are applying;
(2)Letters written by you, corrected by those people as refered above;
(3)Letters written by you, signed by common faculty professors;
(4)letters written by you, corrected by those people as above;
(5)Letters written by famous people and you have no access to it;
(6)Letters written by common ones.Choose you letters in the order above, and there are many sad experiences concerning the case against this basic rule: I was refused by 4 top schools just because I have used a very famous academy memeber's four reference letters.
There are many other skills concerning the resume, etc. which I will cover next time.
I guess as a conclusion, to make your reference letter useful, you must,
(1) Make totally good words in it, or make it more realistic, put sth. bad but not improtant at all;
(2)Choose relevant people to write it, either they do not know, or they know very well, Academy member in other fields will equals to common ones, or even worse because you can not get good words from them generally speaking.
1) USA professors seems already know that few letters were written by faculty members, they are always the work of students'.