<p>Do colleges have requirements for the recommendations as to which teachers you can get them from? I've heard rumors that some places only accept them from teachers you've had in both junior and senior year....if that's true, I eliminate two teachers who would give me excellent recs otherwise. I really need to know before I plan my schedule for next year! If it helps, Vassar, Hamilton, and Whitman are some of my top choices.</p>
<p>I've never heard of that, but it isn't impossible. Look on the specific college websites to check their policies. This year's applications might provide insight. However, I wouldn't let the teachers who could write recomendations dictate my schedule.</p>
<p>Get a recomendation from one teacher that taught you science or mathematics, and another recommendation from an English/Social Sciences/art..e.c.t teacher. Colleges do prefer if your recommendations are from your junior year or senior year teachers; to get a recommendation, also send your teacher a copy of your resume so that they can talk about what you do and how cool and great a kid you are, as well as a sample recommendation letter (but make sure they are ok with this) and your teacher recs will go extremely smoothly. </p>
<p>also make sure to check if some schools have their own teacher recommendation forms and application forms, you can't use the common app teacher recommendation for these schools. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Depends on the college. Some of them do accept recommendations from frosh/soph years. It's also good to get a rec from an area that pertains to your major (reflective).</p>
<p>The reason I'm concerned is that in order to take AP classes, and as many as I want, I'll have to do it online because barely any are offered at school. I want to take advanced classes, but I definitely don't want to get a rec from an online teacher! I'll check out some of the websites for the colleges and check on their policies. Thanks for the info. I'm guessing junior and senior year classes are most important for recs, and since I've done better in the junior year than other years, it'll be okay.</p>
<p>I asked my sophomore teacher for my recommendation so.. unless the school tells you so, I wouldn't care.</p>
<p>And yes, you should ask one of your science/math teachers and English/history teacher for recs (that's what they usually prefer) I asked my Honors chemistry teacher for a rec and my AP US teacher.. (none of my senior teachers) getting a senior teacher to write me a recommendation was rather hard because they didn't really know me that well(when i asked for recommendations, it was around October... They wouldn't know me that well after 2 months...)</p>
<p>Typically, from what I gathered for recs, the ideal way to go is</p>
<p>A) Junior and/or Senior Year Teacher (I suppose it depends on timing)
B) One Science/Math/etc. and One Humanities
C) If possible, get one you have had for two years.</p>
<p>However, I didn't follow those exactly. I had no math/science teachers (if I had the math teacher last year that I have this year, I could have) that I both liked and trusted for a good recommendation. So I went with my Sophomore/Junior History Teacher, and Sophomore/Senior English Teacher. Senior teachers alone are tough since they don't know you.</p>
<p>The good thing about being at a small school and being a "good kid" is that you make friends with the teachers....three, maybe four of the teachers have already told me that they'll write me recs and I've heard nothing but positive feedback. The real problem is the counselor rec - I don't know her that well and she doesn't seem too knowledgeable about some college-related info, so I haven't gotten to know her. I'll get a good rec from her at best - are ones from counselors ALWAYS required?</p>
<p>I think counselor recs are supposed to be less personal and more on your achievements.</p>
<p>Yes, counselor recs are usually more about your achievements and how to look at them in terms of what your school offers. A counselor would also write about any challenges you faced or special circumstances. </p>
<p>Many colleges do require some kind of rec from a counselor.</p>
<p>That's good news! I guess compared to a lot of people at my school, my achievements are pretty decent, if not spectacular, and my counselor knows it. She's nice and we get along, but I'm not as close to her as some others are. I guess submitting a resume with the recs is a good idea?</p>