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ephedyn
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OK, here's the situation. I'm applying to college this year, and my research professor is keen to write me a letter of recommendation and I had already prepared my CV.
But now I'm feeling a little nervous because my CV is sort of, generalized, with lots of activities/distinctions that are not related to the research project, so I'd feel bad making him sieve through the whole thing to pick out those which he has a part to say in.
1. He mentioned to "supply him the details of what we have done over the course of our research"... I guess it's basically to give him a plan of what to write, just what I need. But how should I write this? Like a resume with a short, 1-2 sentence description of each key point? Like a short essay/personal statement?
2. Do you usually describe yourself in 3rd person in these?
3. I read a guide on writing recommendation letters, and it seems it's a norm to focus on my personal qualities, too. Am I supposed to... 'hint' which personal qualities I'd want him to talk about, knowing roughly what my college is interested in finding out about me? If I am, how should I do this? It would be really silly if I wrote things like, "<my name> displayed <characteristic> in..." And I'm actually confident that he knows what to do here without me supplying any further detail, since he should be used to it in his job already, but I just need assurance here.
Thanks in advance (:
But now I'm feeling a little nervous because my CV is sort of, generalized, with lots of activities/distinctions that are not related to the research project, so I'd feel bad making him sieve through the whole thing to pick out those which he has a part to say in.
1. He mentioned to "supply him the details of what we have done over the course of our research"... I guess it's basically to give him a plan of what to write, just what I need. But how should I write this? Like a resume with a short, 1-2 sentence description of each key point? Like a short essay/personal statement?
2. Do you usually describe yourself in 3rd person in these?
3. I read a guide on writing recommendation letters, and it seems it's a norm to focus on my personal qualities, too. Am I supposed to... 'hint' which personal qualities I'd want him to talk about, knowing roughly what my college is interested in finding out about me? If I am, how should I do this? It would be really silly if I wrote things like, "<my name> displayed <characteristic> in..." And I'm actually confident that he knows what to do here without me supplying any further detail, since he should be used to it in his job already, but I just need assurance here.
Thanks in advance (: