Recommendation Letter 1

April 9th, 2003

Dear Sir or Madam:

It gives me a great honor to recommend Miss Yan Li, one of the most enthusiastic and talented students I’ve ever taught to study in your esteemed graduate school.

Miss Li has managed to set herself apart from her peers in the Accounting School of our university, which is one of China`s most acclaimed schools in this area. We send the nation’s best and brightest students to British graduate programs, and it is my pleasure to recommend her as another example of this excellence.

Miss Li took the courses of “Enterprise Finance” and “Analysis of Financial Statement” which I delivered separately in her junior and senior school year. In both of the courses, she got good marks in the exams and ranked among the top 10 percent of the whole class. Through my instruction, I found that she is an inquisitive and attentive person. She always concentrated on my lectures and was earnest to acquire any knowledge that concerned her major. My courses emphasize practical skills with a lot of in-class discussions and a heavy load of homework in the form of case studies. Miss Li greatly impressed me as a most active member in class discussions, an effective coordinator in group work and conveyor of students` opinions. I pretty appreciated her maturity and creativity in academic study as an undergraduate student. Although some of the assignments in my courses were somewhat convoluted to the average students, Li could always deal with them precisely and faultlessly owing to her logical and analytical thinking and the right comprehension of the theories.

Miss Li also has a strong ability of communication and the potential as a researcher in this field. I remembered once I arranged an academic thesis for students studying my course of “Enterprise Finance” and asked them to give a brief speech at the last class of the semester. In order to accomplish the assignment well, Miss Li read a great amount of highly specialized books on capital structure including some English publications since she is good at English. She came to discuss the subject with me during that time frequently and came out with plenty of new and original ideas. Through my contact with her, I found she was really interested in accounting and management and had an unusual flair to study them well. Later in the class, with great self-confidence, she gave an accurate and splendid illustration within around 20 minutes on that subject, which distinguished her from all the other students. After revising her paper entitled “Optimization of Enterprise Capital Structure”, I recommended the article to the committee of “Teachers & Students’ Dissertation Competition” held annually in our school. Her creative view on the theory was approved and appreciated by most of the professors both from our school and Renmin University of China. She got the Third Prize in the activity. And the thesis was published in the learned journal of “Future Accountants” of our school.

I am pleased when Li told me she would like to pursue advanced studies in your university, since I am sure that your renowned programs will help stand her in good stead in her future career. Upon my observation, Miss Li has been fully prepared to undertake graduate study in the accounting fields. I am confident that with the ingenious learning ability and diligent attitude that she has shown, she will be able to perform outstandingly even in a highly demanding program. I strongly recommend this promising young lady and your favorable consideration and assistance to her will be very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely
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Professor & Dean of Accounting School
Beijing Technology and Business University