<p>I plan on taking some college courses nest year .Suppose a professor writes a REALLY Glowing rec, and I get REALLY good grades for the first semester (A's) will that compensate for low grades in high school?
Thanks</p>
<p>Almost nothing will compensate for low grades... then again, it depends on what you mean by "low grades" = a few A-'s and a B or two won't kill you, a long string of B's and a few C's will. Remember that the vast majority are applying with stellar grades and standardized test scores, some of whom who manage to achieve that on top of demanding ECs/extenuating circumstances/etc.</p>
<p>^^don't we all?</p>
<p>Telletube, but I think that's a little different.. That comment the teacher made seemed to be constant, something the student has done and may continue to do in college. </p>
<p>I am talking about, and to use your example, if the teacher said that the student didn't talk, but then she began talking for the rest of the year, and was brilliant. In my case, my assignments were always late in the beginning term, but I turned it around. Wouldn't it show a virtue of being able to fix your mistakes and improve?</p>
<p>Harvard acceptees never make mistakes in the first place.</p>
<p>...jk, jk. :-P sorry, it was tempting.</p>
<p>But anyways; imho, it would be more advantageous for one's teachers to write about one's good traits, the characteristics they observe that make one stand out, what makes one unique (as that seems to be the point of teacher recs). Hopefully, one's only distinction is not merely that one actually started turning in homework on time for once.</p>