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"= ~ ; White Bear IAdke Area High Sell ool South. Campus 3551 McKnight Road & White BearIal:e; Minnesota 551I0 p.. 651.773.6200 • Fax 651.773.6215 To wham it may concerti: I have come to know Kristina Pratt immy Advanced Placement Calculus BC and Multivariable CalculuslAP Statistics courses; durina. these courses she has:dernonstrated, in and out -of the classrorrtir; ,,any of'the qualities. -if takes to. become a. successful college student. These qualities include indcpendcnce, and determination, and her math abilities. One of the reasons for KristinaN:success in my. classroom was her independence. To ine,.independenee does not mean.working on.one's own, but being motivated to.succeed intrinsically: Krisiina is a self -motivated student.who completes assignments on. tithe and asks fa liclp when she needs it. Since college isa time when students -must approach classmates and. Professors for help, Kristina's confidence to aslc.fbr help then continue on:her.own is extremely important.. Kristina's ability to accomplish tasks without. an: outside "push" points to.college.success;. she wants to be the best at.everything:she does. 1 can always count. on:kristina to volunteer in class, whether it be tvot'king protalcros ati the bwrd, pushing:diseussian into deeper tltinicing, or helping her classmates.. Determination. is perhaps the biggest reason for Kristina's success in. the.classroom. She is deterinined to reach tier goals .o.f attending college and entering the journalism field. She is excited about the possibilities..that await her during:hcr collegecareer, which has only increased the arnount of persistence and dedication she shows in high school. Onc of the things that separates Kristina..from her classmates is that. she. really wants to know wiry the math worms. There is. no doubt in my mind that this type of attitude and performance will continue. into Kristina's college career. Kristina. is one of the:tziostgifted students mathematically I have encountered. Her.ability to pushAirough difficult concepts to see math at its: simplest is amazing. She is motivated by a genuine love of.learning. During her jUnior Year, Kristina. was enrolled in ray AP Calculus. BC course. In this course she vvas One: student who could always explore concepts and ideas toform broadxonnections throughout all of her rnath.and science. work. I am one. who argues about the.. creativity that.great math students must possess in order to "see." higher'order math; Kristina has this creativity.. The ability to "problem. solve" coupled with her matlrcmatical shills made it: possible for Kristina to earn a 5. on the AP Calculus. BC %exam, and I foresee her. earning the samcscore on this. year's statistics cxarn as. w c11. Kristina Pratt showed herself.to be a. succcssful student in niy:class; one who possesses gtraIities that would slake her a.p#mc. candidate to be.sticcessfitl at any:uitiversity. Kristina'.s indep.cnd.ence, determination, and math abilities make her worthy of admission and. a great addition to any college:cominunity and a'very deserving recipient of this. scholarship, Matthew Danielson