<p>I am trying to figure out which of two professors I should ask for a recommendation. I am currently at a community college, though I was attending school at a Top 12 national university last year (freshman year). Here are the options I am deciding between:</p>
<p>1.) Took a course at "Top 12 university" with Professor A. Very few students in course. Got to have a few bonding moments with him and spoke at a significant conference of esteemed English professors as part of a project for the course. He didn't get to know me that well, but we certainly ended things on positive terms at the end of the semester and I did receive an A in the course and the highest grade in the class on the final paper of the semester. </p>
<p>2.) Took a course at community college with Professor B. Around 80 students in the class. Didn't get to know him very well because there were HARDLY ANY discussion opportunities, but when he asked me questions I always responded with the right answer, so he definitely remembered my name at the end of the semester and often looked to me for an answer when others weren't willing to respond to his questions. Received an A in the course and a perfect score on the final exam. </p>
<p>I am leaning towards choosing Professor A, but I haven't spoken to him in half a year, or since the end of the second semester of my freshman year(I left for financial reasons--tuition was raised and I could no longer afford to attend). I am not sure that he will be able to provide me with the kind of detailed recommendation that perhaps Professor B would be able to provide me with, simply because it's been a while since I was a student of his.
Opinions?</p>