如何選擇推薦人？

職位越大越好嘛?我爸媽認識總統還有行政院長，我  可以請他寫推薦函嘛？

Wharton MBA告訴你怎樣是好的推薦人～

Recommendations

Beyond your personal essays, the Admissions Committee would like to learn about you from two independent people who know you well. We prefer recommendations from people who can speak directly about your aptitude for, or accomplishments in, leadership and management. Thus, work-related recommendations are more valuable than academic ones.

Select the two people who really know you and your work, who you believe can best address the questions asked, not the two most important people you know. If a Wharton graduate happens to be one of those two people, he or she may be able to use his or her understanding of Wharton to describe how you will fit into the Wharton culture. Please don't seek out alumni who aren't truly qualified to write about you.

Recommendations should address the range of questions asked on our Recommendation Form and provide details, depth, and insight. Please make sure your recommenders understand that an effective recommendation is more than checking the right boxes and writing a couple of sentences. If the recommender believes that you are a good team player, he or she should present an example or two that illustrates that point. Useful recommendation letters are usually two to three pages long. You may want to brief your recommenders beforehand so they understand the competitive nature of the admissions process in which you are engaging.

Applicants working in family businesses, entrepreneurial environments, or other non-traditional environments will need to be more creative in terms of choosing recommenders (and perhaps use the optional essay to allow us to understand how you made your choices). You may consider clients, mentors, or those that you have worked with in the community.

Source: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/preparing-successful-application.cfm

總而言之，找推薦人的要點：
1.跟你熟，瞭解你的長官或老師（有時候可以是同事或客戶），可以寫出很具體的事蹟誇獎你，而不只是很多形容詞
2.如果剛好是要申請的學校的校友
3.成績好的課的老師
4.最後才是官大