With the impeccable scholastic attitude and notable character that Miss Fan has manifested, I enthusiastically recommend her without any reservation for acceptance into your undergraduate program.
Armed with my undergraduate degree in China and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Columbia University in 1986, I am currently the head of the fixed income department at China Investment Corporation in Beijing, a sovereign wealth fund with $200 billion investments worldwide. Prior to this position, I worked at some leading financial institutions in New York, e.g. JP Morgan, Lehman, and Dresdner. My field of expertise is in global bond market investments.
As I have closely followed Miss Fan in each stage of her development, I have witnessed her blossomed into a person who is capable of achieving success in any field of endeavor. Connie, as she is fondly called, is a young woman whose drive is built around achieving success and overcoming any adverse condition in her life. Furthermore, Connie is a warm and sociable person who has a big heart for the less privileged.
Connie’s grandparents were retired college professors. Since she was born in a highly educated family, she knew at an early age that education is not only crucial for one’s professional growth but also for the enrichment of the human race. At a tender age, Connie’s ingenious and creative ways of reasoning and thinking ability is extraordinary. The exchanges of conversation, focusing on controversial and intriguing issues in business and economy that Connie and I often do, clearly manifest her innate intellectual ability. Through her logical canalization and stimulating ideas, I am confident on her ability to appropriately combine her intellectual independence with well-grasped knowledge. In addition to her talents, Miss Fan’s integrity and cooperative attitude as well as her optimistic and easy going nature has made her a central figure among her classmates and friends.
I hope that a brilliant and well focused student with a passion to achieve and to help her community be given a chance to be a part of your prestigious university.
