<p>I was wondering if anyone knew whether or not I could use a highschool recommendation from a teacher if I was applying as a transfer student to Harvard? I will have completed two years at my community college by next fall. Is it preferred to have college professors give recommendations only?</p>
<p>thank you</p>
<p>yes you can</p>
<p>masta:</p>
<p>Will your hs rec contain info about your high school career, or are you asking the hs teacher to write an updated one?</p>
<p>I'm in the same boat as you are.</p>
<p>I'm getting 3 recs:
1 Econ undergraduate director
1 Private Sector Economist
1 HS Teacher</p>
<p>The important thing is to have them emphasize both your in school and out of school performance.</p>
<p>I'm asking my HS teacher to write it because he has seen me do well in class and in competitions. The other two have seen me perform well in competitions.</p>
<p>I've talked with admissions officers; they seem to be in agreement.</p>
<p>I'm also applying to Harvard.</p>
<p>But, you should check with the admissions office rather than asking random people like us.</p>
<p>what are your stats?</p>
<p>My HS teacher will only be able to comment on my HS performance, I was also in Mock trial in HS which was run by the same teacher I'm hoping to get a rec from. The only reason I want to ask her is because she wrote me an excellant rec when I graduated HS but because I only applied to UC berkeley and Davis I never got to use it, as those schools don't accept recs. </p>
<p>My HS stats were about a 3.96 out of a 4.3, I'm retaking my SAT because I don't think my score of a 1310 is high enough for Harvard or Stanford.
My current GPA is a 3.89 hopefully a 3.93 after this semester and a little higher after next. I'm taking 17 credits this term and next. Took 16 credits the previous two terms and have taken the three honors classes my community college offered. I know Harvard's a long shot, but it wont hurt to apply. Also do you know anything about legacy students, my college professor mentioned something about if I had a relative that attended Harvard it would help my chances, I don't know how true that is or how much it helps.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Won't matter that much, unless he/she was a hardcore philanthropist to harvard.</p>
<p>Your HS teacher rec, if s/he can only comment on your performance two years ago, is virtually useless in transfer admissions. They want to see how you're doing now, not how you performed before.</p>