Recommendation letters

Recommendation letters are the essential part of application process for engineering students. It verifies your claims and gives admission committee a chance to know about you from the people with whom you have really worked with. Or you can say recommendation letters are like the proof about what you have explained in your statement of purpose. Hence good recommendations can be the most powerful tool to propagate you in front of admission committee.

Let us see what good recommendation letter should address about:

Your academic excellence

Your recommendation letter should address your accomplishment in detail. The admission committee considers candidates with strong quantitative and analytical skills. Your letter should say about your creativity, imagination and capability to “think out of box”

Your projects and achievement

Your recommendation letter should projects completed in your undergraduate program with good grades that completed with your recommender. It should also highlight your measurable performance that you have achieved in your real time work experience.

Your research Aptitude

It should demonstrate your abilities and aptitude for research. If you have worked previously in any research or academic oriented project, it will be add-on feature for you to include in your recommendation letter

Your interpersonal skills

Your recommendation letter should tell about your human qualities like your team spirit, communication skills (oral and written), interpersonal skills and ability to work with others. It should also address adequately your motivation level, dedication and thoughtfulness.