Hi Steven。很高興認識你！我認為你的推薦信應該來自於那些對你有最強關係和對你有指導意義的人。其實會計專業和管理專業有著很多重疊的技能，所以專業不同不會是一個很大的問題。既然你正在申請本科的課程，那麼閱讀你文書材料的人主要想要了解你的是態度、動力、個人的學習潛力、熱情和勤奮，而不是那些具體的專業知識。推薦信最重要的一點是推薦者對你的深度體驗和看法。這既是他們能夠為你寫推薦信的原因，這也是他們的意見值得被傾聽的原因。希望你能在英國能夠享受你的本科時光！
Hello，Andy， I am now considering transfer to UK to finish my bachelors degree. I am majored in Accounting in my home university but now I am going to apply for Bs of Management. All of my teachers are majored in accounting and they always talk something about accounting with me rather than management. So how can I prepare the RL? Should I find a teacher who is the lecturer of management class , but know few about me or should I find the professor that who are majored in Accounting and familiar with me to write the RL to me?
【Andrew】
Hey Steven, nice to meet you! Well, no. Your RLs should be from the people who have had the most intense and intellectually interesting experiences with you. I』d say there are a huge number of overlapping skills between accounting and management, so I don』t consider that a problem. Since you』re applying for an undergraduate program, the main things the readers will want to know about are your attitude, motivation, learning potential, enthusiasm, and diligence, as opposed to specific technical knowledge. Most important thing with RLs is the depth of the author』s experience of YOU. That』s what qualifies them and that』s what makes their opinions of you worth listening to, first and foremost. I hope you enjoy your time in the UK
【St**n】
So, should my RL be very specific？If I need to list out what I have done with my teacher in the RL？Like applying what kind of theory to solve what kind of problems, my ideas.etc？
【Andrew】
So, the letter should state:
1 The context in which the teacher knows you, how long they』ve known you.
2 An indication of how outstanding he or she thinks you are at your subject, and a summary of your best qualities and why they』d recommend you for the target program.
3 Their high opinion of you and your strengths should be illustrated with specific examples - lots of detail, not too long.
Remember: Your RL provides another aspect to your application, an opportunity to give another (authoritative) perspective on you. So, (1) try to avoid repeating material that is already present elsewhere in the application (transcript, resume etc).
首先，基本上自己寫已經確定寫不出好信了。推薦信的目的是讓招生委員會了解你的研究能力跟研究潛力，細節佐證越多越好，篇幅越長越好。如果老師不願意自己寫，寧願換願意寫的老師寫一封long and warm letter也不要找你覺得地位更高的老師寫 (國內教授推薦信認可本身就都不算高)。原則上寧願讓老師寫了自己翻譯都不要自己寫。
