dear sir:
it is a great pleasure to recommend ms. xxx as an outstanding student in our department. i have known ms. xxx for a long time, and was her counselor during her undergraduate period.
ms. xxx has been one of the most excellent students i have ever taught. she has always proved to be industrious and conscientious in her study and work. in most courses of her undergraduate study she got good marks in academic records.
during the fifth year of her undergraduate period, she studied under my advice. i was deeply impressed by her independence and creativity. she began her diploma thesis from the very beginning----designing the experimental devices herself. the questions she submitted were often original and she was always persistent and successful to find an answer. due to her spontaneous intellectual capacity and incessant efforts, she did an excellent work in her diploma thesis, and got the highest score in her class.
mr. xxx has always been a lovely and lively girl with easy—going personality, which has won her many friends among her associates.
after graduation, she worked in analysis center of our department. as ms. xxx’s former teacher and her colleague, i am pleased to have witnessed her progress and i can recommend her without reservation for your favorable consideration for her application to your institute. i believe she has the requisite qualification to pursue a ph. d degree in your department as well as a teaching or research assistantship.
yours honestly
尊敬的領導：
您好!
感謝您在百忙之中能抽空審閱我的自薦信。當您翻開這一頁的時候，您已經為我打開了通往機遇與成功的第一扇大門。也是我施展才華，實現自我價值的良好開端。藉此擇業之際，我懷著一顆赤誠的心和對教育工作的執著追求，真誠地向您推薦自己。
我叫xxx，是xx師範學院化學化工學院的一名應屆畢業生，專業是化學教育。做一名優秀的教師是我一直以來的理想;我所崇高的教育是以人為本，因人施教。教育、教師、學校應該是為學生服務的。為一切學生，為學生的一切，我願用我畢生精力，精心培育滿園桃李!
在校期間，我勤奮學習專業理論知識和教育理論知識並將之融會貫通，具備了紮實的專業基礎知識和實驗能力。有較好的英語聽、說、讀、寫等能力;能熟練操作word、excel、powerpoint等計算機辦公軟體。平時，我還十分注重綜合素質的培養，努力把自己培養成全面發展的綜合性人才，我利用課餘時間廣泛地涉獵了大量書籍，不但充實了自己，也培養了自己多方面的技能。
作為師範生，我在思想上積極要求進步，樂觀向上，在基本技能“三一話”上，我堅持勤練書法，鋼筆、粉筆較好，國語通過二級甲等;在能力培養上，校內積極參加校內舉辦的各類教師比賽活動，校外廣泛嘗試，從事家教工作並得到學生和家長的認可，多次進行教學實踐，既實踐了所學，又鍛鍊了能力。在這些工作中很好地鍛鍊了自己，使自己完全具備作為一名合格教師的能力。
我深知社會的人只有融入人的社會化元素才能夠成就一個作為文化傳播者的價值!我認為一個人只有把聰明才智套用到實際上工作中去，服務於社會，有利於社會，讓效益和效率來證明自己，才能真正體現自己的自身價值!我堅信，路是一步一步走出來的。只有腳踏實地，努力工作，才能發揮出人的全部潛力，做出更出色的成績，實現人生的最大價值!我不求流光溢彩，但求在合適的位置上發揮的淋漓盡致，我不期望有豐富的物質待遇，只希望用我的智慧，熱忱和努力來實現我的社會價值和人生價值。
也許我並不完美，但我很自信，請給我一次機會，我會盡我最大的努力讓你滿意。大學時期，雖然我的成績不是最好的一個，但是我是比較努力的一個。作為應屆畢業生，雖然工作經驗不足，但我會虛心學習、積極工作、盡職盡責做好本職工作，用時間和汗水去彌補。所以我深信自己可以在崗位上守業、敬業、更能創業。我無意用華美的句來修飾我的人生，只希望有一個施展才華的機會，一顆真誠的心在期待你的信任，一個人的人生在等著你的改變!
無論您是否選擇我，尊敬的領導，希望您能接受我誠懇的謝意!期待著您的回音。祝您工作順心!祝願貴校的事業蒸蒸日上!
此致
敬禮!
自薦人：
dear sir or madam:
as a chemistry professor with the graduate school of the chinese academy of sciences, i have the honor to recommend mr. xxx to study chemistry at your university.
a postgraduate educational institution, the cas graduate school is the school where all postgraduates from all research institutes within the cas system must undergo basic course studies for the first year. it was in this capacity that mr. x came to the school and became my student. in my contact with him for one year or more, i was deeply impressed by mr. x's performance. during the one-year period, i taught him three basic professional courses, namely, quantum chemistry, quantum chemical calculation, and experiment in hplc. the first two courses were very difficult theoretical courses for many students but mr. x showed very solid theoretical basis in both of them. this, plus his strong thirst for knowledge and hardworking spirit, left a very deep impression on me. finally he got more than 90 marks for both. but examinations were not his ultimate goal. it was strong desire for knowledge that motivated his hard study. when the study of the subjects was over, mr. x would fetch me on vacations to discuss about quantum chemistry. during the discussions i got to further know his unique and deep understanding on many pioneering issues in the field. meanwhile i got to know his desire for chemical research as his future career. it was really very pleasing for me that such an excellent student like him made such a professional choice.
mr. x has not only achieved prominent results in theoretical studies, but has made extraordinary performance in experiment lessons. for example the experiment in hplc lesson i taught was one of the important experiment lessons consuming many class hours. it called for the operation of many instruments, such as hplc, ir and uv. in this lesson mr. x was displayed conscientiousness and carefulness he was good at making observations and finding problems from phenomena. such a thinking quality made his experiment reports wonderful or even of certain scientific value.
although i have had contacts with mr. x for only one year, i feel that mr. x is a student of great potentiality academically. learning that he is planning to further his studies in the united states today, i am very pleased to recommend him to your university and sincerely hope that you will accept his application.
yours sincerely
dear sir,
mr. xxx wishes to continue his study at your college. as his teacher, i am willing to offer myself as his reference.
mr. xxx studied in my class for two courses, “high temperature mechanics” and “ physical properties of materials”. his performance in the courses is out of the ordinary. he rarely took notes. sometimes he showed loosing patience to attend the lecture and read other books. but in discussion periods, he was one of the most inquisitive and vocal students. his comments showed great power in grasping fundamental theories of the subject and applying them creatively. in the laboratory, he always completed the experiments most quickly and excellently. through my talking with him, i noted that he paid attention to overall view rather than minor details and he has a sound background knowledge in the subject through additional reading. for example, i often meet him in the library reviewing the latest publications from international periodicals. i think these distinguished him from others. at the semester final, he achieved excellent scores, and in most of them, he got the first.
last year, mr. xxx joined our group to work for his diploma project. his inquisitiveness and creativeness always impressed me. furthermore, his skill and kindness were appreciated by the group members. based on his excellent academic records and outstanding performance in research, mr. xxx is qualified to further study as a ph.d student in our department and i would accept him as my student enthusiastically. however, mr. xxx has his own idea about the future. he told me that he preferred to be a research assistant at the laboratory for some time so as to obtain more practical experience in the field of structure materials, and then pursue ph. d degree in usa where he can learn more advanced theories and technology. in my assessment, he is sufficiently mature for education at a higher level in usa as far as his academic preparation and language proficiency are concerned.
i strongly support mr. xxx’s application for admission and financial aid. if more information about him is required, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
yours truly,
professor xxx
dept. of chemical engineering