from:**departmentoftheecialclagiftedforyouthsuniversityofscienceandtechnologyhefei,anhui230026,p.r.chinajuly1,1998dearsirormadam:itakegreatpleasureinrecommendingrenren,oneofmyfavoritestudents,foradmiionintoyourdistinguishedgraduateprogram.
mr.renwasadmittedin1986at14yearsofageintotheecialclaforthegiftedyouths,myuniversitysuniqueprogramthatcaterstotheintellectualneedsofunusuallytalentedchineseyoungsters.itwasarareprivilegeheearnedwithhiearlyimpeccableacademicperformancethroughtheyearsofhiselementaryandsecondaryschool.heimpreedmealmostasheenteredintomyuniversity,amajorcradleofchinacientificandtechnologicaltalents.atthetime,membersofthegiftedclaallhadtoendhalfamonthstudyingbythemselvestheprinciplesofcalculusandthentakeanexamsothatwecouldevaluatetheirself-studycapability.mr.recoredthehighestgradeinthatexam.healsoexhibitedakeenlywhettedmindduringcladiscuio.tomyregretatthetime,hisenglishwaotasgoodashismathematicsorphysics.butinoticedhemadeapointofworkingeeciallyhardinimprovinghisenglishduringhisfiveundergraduateyearswithus.bynow,heseemstobeatleastaroficientinenglishasmostofhisformerclamatesinthegiftedcla.inmyexperiencewithmr.ren,iwasimpreedwithnotonlyhisextraordinaryintelligencebutalsohisambitioandpersistence.iamsurethatmr.renwillbeanoutstandingstudentinanydoctoralprogramthathemaycaretoenrollin.soiwouldliketosuorthimfirmlyinhisquestrecommendationintoaccountwhencoideringhisalication.iwouldgreatlyareciateityoudecidetoaccepthimashewishes.
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