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A. For an excellent student whom you know well January 17, 2007 It s a true !leasure "or me to wr te th s letter o" recommendat on "or #andra $arc a, who was my student n #oc olo%y 11&, 'Introduct on to #oc olo%y,( n the w nter term o" 2006. #andra s, w th)out *uest on, one o" the "our or " +e most outstand n% students I ha+e tau%ht at , % #tate -n +ers ty n s x semesters o" teach n%. #andra s a care"ul and creat +e th nker w th an eye "or deta ls and a de+ot on to lo% c, wh ch ser+es her well .oth n the sc ences and outs de them. #he has the terr " c a. l ty to draw on her own ex!er )ence and o.ser+at ons to de+elo! thou%ht"ul o! n ons on a +ar ety o" ssues. #andra already knew she wanted to major n . olo%y when she took my course, .ut th s d d not d m n sh her ntellectual cur os ty a.out the to! cs we co+ered n ntroductory soc olo%y. /er re%ular contr .ut ons to "ull)class d scuss ons !ro+ ded ns %ht .oth "or her !eers and "or me as an nstructor. #andra was also n+alua.le n small)%rou! nteract on w th her !eers. 0 thout my ask n%, she took on the res!ons . l ty o" hel! n% her classmates consol date +ast amounts o" n"ormat on nto coher)ent sets o" deas, and she *u ckly .ecame a study %rou! leader. In add t on, #andra was +ery %enerous w th her t me and ener% es. I remem.er her meet n% nd + dually w th a student "rom 1ha land se+eral t mes .e"ore the " nal exam to hel! h m master all the mater al n a "ore %n ton%ue. #andra .reaks the 'sc ent st( stereoty!e w th her wr t n%2 she was the .est wr ter n the two sect ons I tau%ht that semester. And what was !erha!s e+en more m!ress +e was that she took the task o" m!ro+ n% her wr t n% as or more ser ously than any other student n the class. 3ne o" her essays was later !u.l shed n the annual ma%a4 ne o" the .est under%raduate essays wr tten n soc olo%y. #andra s not only an excellent student, .ut she s also !ersonally del %ht"ul. #he s as com"orta.le w th hersel" as she s en%a% n%, !leasant, and humorous. As I %ot to know #andra o+er the semester, I .ecame only more m!ressed .y the w de ran%e o" her a. l t es5and .y her modesty a.out them. #he s an accom!l shed mus )c an and sc ent st, .oth o" wh ch she does w th a !ass on rare n under%raduates. I wholeheartedly recommend #andra as a !ros!ect +e med cal school student. In "act, I can th nk o" "ew students whom I would recommend as h %hly. #he w ll add a %reat deal to any ncom n% med cal school class. I can also en+ s on #andra as a h %hly com!e)tent and car n% doctor someday, wh ch I say as a h %h com!l ment ndeed. 6lease contact me " there s anyth n% else I can do on her .ehal". # ncerely, 6eter #e+ers, 7.A.

$raduate #tudent Instructor ,. For a %ood student whom you do not know well & January 2007 I am !leased to recommend 8atasha 9 nca d "or adm ss on to the 1eacher :ducat on 6ro%ram. 8atasha was my student n , olo%y 210 ;<ell , olo%y=, and she !ro+ed to .e a model student. #he s extremely consc ent ous a.out her work and a.out attend n% class and la.. ,ecause o" her hard work, she cons stently scored n the to! ten !ercent on all the exams and !ro.lem sets. /er work demonstrates an attent on to deta l and an a. l ty to nte%rate mater al to create lar%er "rameworks "or d scuss on. 8atasha made ntell %ent and ns %ht"ul contr .ut ons dur n% "ull)class d scuss on, .ut t was n la. that her enthus asm and teach n% a. l t es shone. A"ter the " rst week, she .ecame the leader o" her la. %rou!, and I would o"ten see her !at ently ex!la n n% a !rocedure or a conce!t to her la. mates ;and o"ten those n the ne %h.or n% la. %rou! as well>=. #he took the n t at +e to or%an 4e and lead class re+ ews .e"ore the exams, and other students told me a"terwards how hel!"ul these sess ons were. I .el e+e that 8atasha?s stron% academ c a. l t es and her clear ded )cat on to teach n% make her a +ery stron% cand date "or the 1eacher :ducat on 6ro%ram. I" there are any *uest ons I can answer, !lease "eel "ree to contact me. 7r nal 7ukherjee

$raduate #tudent Instructor <. For an a+era%e student @0 June 2007

I am !leased to wr te a letter o" recommendat on "or $eor%e $um! as !art o" h s a!!l cat on to dent stry school. As $eor%e?s nstructor "or 7ath 2@& ;#et 1heory=, I "ound h m to .e a consc ent ous and hardwork n% student. 1he course was not re*u red "or $eor%e?s majorA he took t out o" ntellectual nterest, and he a!!roached the mater al w th the same cur os ty and determ nat on that he a!!l es n . olo%y and med c ne. $eor%e?s work on the !ro.lem sets and exams demonstrated care"ul attent on to deta l. /e was also a.le and w ll n% to art culate h s *uest ons a.out the more a.stract not ons o" set theory, a %enu ne asset "or many o" h s classmates and the class dynam c as a whole. $eor%e s an extremely !ersona.le youn% man who seems e*ually com"orta.le w th h s !eers and w th "aculty. /e has talked w th me a.out h s %oal o" .ecom n% a dent st, and I ha+e enjoyed see n% such enthus asm n an under%raduate a.out a !ro"ess onal career. $eor%e?s comm tment to the " eld and h s hard work n !ursu n% h s %oals w ll ser+e h m well n dent stry school. 6lease contact me " I can answer any "urther *uest ons. # ncerely,

9elly Atk ns, 6h.B. Cecturer