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    This letter of recommendation summarizes Jane Doe's exceptional performance as a student in an ethics course taught by the author. The author highlights Jane's top 2% writing and research skills, intelligence, analytical abilities, communication skills, work ethic, and suitability for graduate study. The author recommends Jane without reservation for admission to a graduate program based on her demonstration of the perseverance, initiative and intellectual creativity necessary to complete advanced study.

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    This letter of recommendation summarizes Jane Doe's exceptional performance as a student in an ethics course taught by the author. The author highlights Jane's top 2% writing and research skills, intelligence, analytical abilities, communication skills, work ethic, and suitability for graduate study. The author recommends Jane without reservation for admission to a graduate program based on her demonstration of the perseverance, initiative and intellectual creativity necessary to complete advanced study.

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    This letter of recommendation summarizes Jane Doe's exceptional performance as a student in an ethics course taught by the author. The author highlights Jane's top 2% writing and research skills, intelligence, analytical abilities, communication skills, work ethic, and suitability for graduate study. The author recommends Jane without reservation for admission to a graduate program based on her demonstration of the perseverance, initiative and intellectual creativity necessary to complete advanced study.

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    This letter of recommendation summarizes Jane Doe's exceptional performance as a student in an ethics course taught by the author. The author highlights Jane's top 2% writing and research skills, intelligence, analytical abilities, communication skills, work ethic, and suitability for graduate study. The author recommends Jane without reservation for admission to a graduate program based on her demonstration of the perseverance, initiative and intellectual creativity necessary to complete advanced study.

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    [University letterhead]

    [senders name]
    [senders departmental addressif not printed on letterhead]
    [senders departmental phone number, if available]
    [senders departmental fax numberif not printed on letterhead]
    [senders institutional email address]
    [todays date]
    [recipients name]
    [recipients institutional address]
    Dear [recipients name]: or To Whom it May Concern:
    It is my pleasure to recommend Jane Doe for admission to [name of program] at [name of university]. I am
    a fifth-year Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley. I came to know Jane when I was her
    Graduate Student Instructor for Philosophy 111: Ethical Relativism, taught by Professor John Smith. The
    course comprised [short description of course]. Jane distinguished herself by submitting an exceptionally
    well researched and interesting project on ethical practices in ancient Greece. I would rank her in the top
    2% of students that I have taught in the past five years in respect of her writing ability and research skills.
    Overall, Jane is highly intelligent and has good analytical skills. Her project on ethical practices in ancient
    Greece demonstrated her ability to come a detailed understanding of the ethical practices of another, very
    different, culture, and to analyze the consequences of those practices for contemporary ethical theories. She
    gave a particularly interesting discussion of the difficult practice of infanticide, and showed both sensitivity
    and detachment when discussing its ethical consequences. Her overall intelligence is also reflected in her
    grades for the course, which were by far the best in the class.
    Jane has excellent communication skills. Her written work is both clear and concise, as well as interesting
    to read. She demonstrated her oral articulateness in the discussion sections that were an integral part of the
    course. Each discussion section focused on a particular ethical dilemma. Students were required analyze
    morally problematic situations, and to develop and argue for their own ethical views with regard to the
    issue in question. Jane was highly proficient in applying the course material in analyzing the problem
    situations. She always explained her views very concisely and gave supporting arguments that were both
    clear and persuasive. Jane also demonstrated good teamwork skills in group assignments.
    At a personal level, Jane is a well disciplined, industrious student with a pleasant personality. She went
    well beyond the course requirements in the quantity and quality of her project, putting in a lot of extra
    research and attending office hours every week. Throughout the course, Jane demonstrated great
    perseverance and initiative. Not only was she interested in and motivated to learn the material, but she also
    put great work into assimilating it to her own experience and developing her own ideas about each ethical
    topic that we discussed.
    Jane is unquestionably an exceptional candidate for graduate study in Ethics. Janes work in Philosophy
    111 suggests that she would greatly benefit from the opportunities for intellectual development provided by
    a sustained period of graduate study. She has proven herself to have the perseverance, initiative, and

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    intellectual creativity necessary to complete an advanced graduate degree. I would therefore highly
    recommend Jane Doe. If her performance in my class is a good indication of how she would perform as a
    graduate student, she would be an extremely positive asset to your program.
    If I can be of any further assistance, or provide you with any further information, please do not hesitate to
    contact me.
    Yours sincerely,
    [senders signature]
    [senders name and title]

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