Letters of Recommendation Question

fogcity
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:49:49 +0000

It doesn’t resonate well for a letter of recommendation to state "how talented or studious or … " you were and then explain why you didn’t get an A.

Chinese [and languages in general] is considered a liberal arts subject. And assuming that you do not speak Chinese at home, the letter of recommendation from the Chinese teacher would work well as the “humanities” letter of recommendation. If you do speak Chinese at home then the recommendation may be less convincing than if Chinese is indeed a second language for you.