<p>Is it appropriate to use my math teacher as my most influential person if he is writing my letter of recommendation as well? Is that too many mentions of the same person?</p>
<p>He is my math team coach and basketball coach - I plan to talk about how he bridged the gap and went past stereotypes of the math team and made it a really significant extra-curricular in my life. yay or nay??</p>
<p>Thanks for your opinions!</p>
<p>bumppppppppppp please help,</p>
<p>In my opinion it’s fine as long as you just don’t repeat what he will write in your recommendation letter. Not sure how you will know that though. But in theory it sounds good!</p>
<p>Thanks :] So it won’t be weird that the same teacher pops up twice?? haha.</p>
<p>Hopefully, the letter would provide legitimacy to the essay (would provide legitimacy to the letter would…). It makes sense.</p>
<p>Sorry could you clarify?</p>
<p>Do you mean that the letter will verify the essay? I’m sure it will. Though my essay is about him and his influence on me, and his rec is just about me. if that makes sense at all 
Basically, they probably won’t “legitimize” each other but they will certainly not contradict each other.</p>
<p>The fact that you asked him for a letter demonstrates your confidence in him (and that he’s not just some teacher to you), and hopefully, he’ll have seen you change as a result of whatever specific thing you write about in your essay.</p>
<p>Oh yes, I’m sure that is the case :]. So you don’t think it’s weird if I talk about his influence on me if I already have him as my letter of rec. candidate correct? (Aka does it show I am trying to use my relationship with only one teacher too much??? no right?)</p>