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As a service to my fellow faculty members, this thread will have some sentences you can use as you write letters of recommendation for students applying to graduate school. I would not advise using them all in the same letter. Just pick a few and mix them in.
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X took a calculus class from me back in [insert year]. The records show that they earned a very solid B. Actually it just says B, but I'm sure it was quite solid.
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For a more detailed analysis of X's abilities in written communication, I would have to ask my grader. I didn't really look at anything they turned in.
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I can't really judge X's "interpersonal skills". When I put my students in Zoom breakout sessions, I used the time to doomscroll Twitter instead of checking their understanding.
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X, like all my students this last year, is a very sophisticated AI. The image they projected on Zoom behaved a lot like a real person. I'm sure they would pass a Turing test.
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I rank X's "leadership ability" in the top 5%. When the students protested my grading policies to the dean, X was clearly their leader.
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You should admit X to your graduate program because, let's face it, your program really isn't very good and you'll take whoever you can get.
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I know you're a [statistics/computer science/operations research/data science] graduate program but as a pure mathematician, I am, by default, an expert in everything.
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I hope these tips were helpful. Good luck writing and uploading all those letters. I'm going to go list this thread in my annual Service report.
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