A recommendation letter is written to request someone to appoint someone else to a particular post or accept him/her as a part of any organization. Recommendation letters for students are usually written for recommending him to the principal or dean of any academic institution to accept him/her as a part of it. Often the letters of recommendation are written for students who have just passed college and are joining elite institutes, for transfer students, exchange students or students who have moved to a foreign country for higher education.
The letters are usually written by senior teachers to ‘Whomsoever it may concern,’ to the dean or registrar of the institutes. Sometimes institute even appoints some particular teachers especially to recommend students who go to foreign universities for higher education.
Please refer to the following tips, sample template, sample letter and email format provided below.
Letter Of Recommendation For Student Writing Tips
- It must be written in a formal way.
- The reason for recommending the student must be explicitly mentioned.
- It must be remembered that every word of the recommendation letter is valuable so neither over-emphasis on any quality of student or miss mentioning any quality.
- The letter must be ended with proper salutation.
Letter Of Recommendation For Student Template
Use our free Letter of Recommendation for Student to help you get started.
From, (Sender’s name and address)
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Date: ________ (date on which the letter is written)
To, (Receiver’s name and address)
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Subject: Recommendation of student for admission in college
Respected sir,
Hope this letter finds you in good health. The objective of this letter is to recommend to you a student for his/her admission in your esteemed college. He/she is good student with excellence in study qualities as well as in other activities. His/her name is _________ (name of the student) and passed out from __________ (name of the school).
I have been teaching him/her for a couple of years and no doubt he/she has proved to be one of the best students and hence I obviously would like him/her to continue studies in the best college.
I hope you’ll grant my request and consider him/her. I’d be grateful to you.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
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Name and signature
Sample Letter
From,
Anand Patwardhan
Professor
Institute of chemical technology
Mumbai-400028
Date: 11 December 2014
To,
Dr. Eddy Fearon
Cornell University
United States of America
Subject: Recommendation of student for admission to your esteemed university
Respected sir,
I’d like to recommend one of my students, Abhay Rastogi, who has just passed out from ICT Mumbai, for the admission in your university. I’ve been teaching him for the last four years. He has always been an obedient student, with excellence in every aspect, whether it is studies or any other extracurricular activity.
With excellent leadership qualities in him, he has always been the best guide for his colleagues. His helpful and supportive nature has always benefitted his friends, starting with his guidance in study matters, to his taking up any responsibilities for them. He has a good understanding of every subject. Thus, he has teaching qualities too.
Other than this, he has always been a great organizer for any events which were held in the school, from meetings to formation of the student’s committee. It is a great pleasure for me to recommend him to you because I want him to get what he deserves, a great reputed university like Cornell.
I hope you’ll surely look into it.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Anand Patwardhan
SD
Email Format
The following is the email format to be followed for a letter of recommendation for the student.
To:name@email.com
From: name@email.com
Subject: Recommendation of student for admission to your esteemed university
Dear (Mr. / Miss Name)
It’s my pleasure to recommend (name of the student) for admission to your university. She/he was my student for three years. In the time period I found him/her excellent academically and was impressed with her/his good leadership qualities.
She/he is a student who takes the initiative to help his/her friends understand the subject and explain clearly what the subject is all about. He/she is also very helpful, supportive and modest by nature. She/he is very popular among her/his classmates.
She/he has been actively involved in the fundraising events conducted by our college and is a student who organizes meetings to encourage fellow students to participate in different activities and take up responsibilities. She/he is very trustworthy and finishes the work given on time. She/he is always coming forth to take up any additional responsibilities. During her entire course, she/he has been an excellent student and has been among the toppers. He/She is highly motivated and enthusiastic to learn new things.
I recommend (name of the student) as one of the best students for your (university).
Please let me know if you need any additional information.
Sincerely,
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Your name
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