University of Chicago Recommendation Sample

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RECOMMENDATION QUESTIONS Recommenders are provided the following guidelines: Please provide a written letter of recommendation. Be sure to include how the applicant ranks comparative to his/her peer group. Other items to consider are the applicant's: * most salient strengths * areas of development, including efforts the applicant has taken to show improvement * team skills and leadership ability * initiative, curiosity and motivation * other matters which you feel we should know about the applicant Alex has worked under me ever since I joined KDB Daewoo in October 2011. Just a few weeks into my new job, I was moved by Alex’s creativity. Not only Alex thinks outside the box, his unique angle of approaching problems really induces other team members to stretch their creativity as well. Some more weeks later, I wanted to staff Alex in all of my deals. I worked closely with Alex on multiple projects since then, watching too many sunrises together in the office hardly romantically. Due to reasons mentioned above and as MBA graduate myself (Columbia), I am correctly positioned to provide accurate portrayal of his professional and some personal aptitudes as well as his candidacy at the venerable Chicago Booth School of Business. We place analysts into categories (A, B, C, D, E) according to their performance every year. Alex received ‘A’ grade for FY2011, within top 5% of his class of 100. The anecdotes below justify this. Alex truly portrayed not only interpersonal skills but exceptional leadership, when post-MBA female Associate joined our predominantly male and army-like department. 3rd year Analysts and 1st year post-MBA Associates generally do not get along at all because although the Associate is higher, the Analyst is more experienced. Breaking all expectations, Alex became friends with her on her first day, helping her have soft

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