<p>how bad is it if i get my recommendation from a freshman teacher?
but i was his lab assistant in my junior year.
this is not only a question for cornell but for other colleges as well.
some college require teacher recs from 11 or 12th grade only, but im not talking about those schools.
im talking about schools that dont necessarily have rec restrictions.</p>
<p>I dont see any probs. Choose a teacher who u know will write good - in fact, great stuff - about u. Also choose a teacher who has a history of writing good recs. For example, my physics teacher - he's great at writting recs and he concentrates greatly on the strengths of the student (or so my counsellor says), at the same time being perfectly honest about his or her achievements.
In your case, if your teacher considers u as a great student and has taken a liking to u, there should be no probs.. also since you've helped him out in the lab, he should be pretty pleased with u.
Finally, make sure that you're interested in that subject and hold a high class rank in it.</p>
<p>Why are you choosing him is my question?</p>
<p>cuz he's gonna write me a good recommendation and i know him well
i dont have other teachers who will right me a good one except the teacher who's writing my other recommendation.</p>
<p>how long do you think an average reccomendation really is?</p>
<p>one full page</p>
<p>im not sure</p>
<p>I think that most colleges prefer that you have a recomendation from a teacher you had in 11th or 12th grade, when your academic interests and strengths develop</p>
<p>This is true emilyanne28, but the exception is when theres a teacher you know very well in another context. This is one such case.</p>
<p>The OP's reason for selecting this teacher is because the teacher knows him well and will write a good rec. I approve!</p>