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Taken from: https://cs.stanford.edu/wiki/admissions/FAQ/ApplicationRequirements

Letters of Recommendation: Please have your recommender write candidly about your
qualifications, potential to carry on advanced study in the field specified, intellectual
independence, capacity for analytical thinking, ability to organize and express ideas clearly,
and potential for teaching. In describing such attributes as motivation, intellect, 
and maturity, specific examples are more useful than generalizations.