Hi Steven。很高兴认识你！我认为你的推荐信应该来自于那些对你有最强关系和对你有指导意义的人。其实会计专业和管理专业有著很多重叠的技能，所以专业不同不会是一个很大的问题。既然你正在申请本科的课程，那么阅读你文书材料的人主要想要了解你的是态度、动力、个人的学习潜力、热情和勤奋，而不是那些具体的专业知识。推荐信最重要的一点是推荐者对你的深度体验和看法。这既是他们能够为你写推荐信的原因，这也是他们的意见值得被倾听的原因。希望你能在英国能够享受你的本科时光！
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，基本上自己写已经确定写不出好信了。推荐信的目的是让招生委员会了解你的研究能力跟研究潜力，细节佐证越多越好，篇幅越长越好。如果老师不愿意自己写，宁愿换愿意写的老师写一封long and warm letter也不要找你觉得地位更高的老师写 (国内教授推荐信认可本身就都不算高)。原则上宁愿让老师写了自己翻译都不要自己写。
