<p>2 questions - </p>
<li><p>Is it okay to send 2 teacher recommentations?</p></li>
<li><p>If yes to the above - Can one letter be from a freshman year teacher and one from senior year teacher or would it be better to use only the senior year teacher? </p></li>
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<p>UVA is a real reach for S and his thinking is that a freshman teacher who still cares about him makes a good impression…?</p>
<p>Thanks ever so much!</p>
<p>Last year, you needed at least one counsellor recommendation. </p>
<p>The rule of thumb is to have no earlier than a junior year teacher, but if the freshman year teacher still knows how and what your son is doing, and can give a current perspective, then it may be alright.</p>
<p>Oops! The 2nd teacher rec is in addition to the counselor rec.</p>
<p>Anyone else?</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>I sent at least two to all my schools by default. I think. I got accepted OOS, and I didn't have stellar stats, so sending more than one must not be as big of a faux pas as you fear. ;)</p>
<p>You only need one rec and the rec written by the counselor as part of the SSR fulfills that requirement. Obviously, many student supplement their counselor rec with a teacher rec. It's fine to send more than one, but keep it reasonable.</p>
<p>there's a little bit more information there than the question you asked but it may be useful.</p>
<p>but if UVa asks you for one rec by your counselor and then you have the option of sending another, then just send the optional one. Don't send excessive amounts. If the 2nd recommendation is just an affirmation of what the first says (like, Johnny is a good student and has a great work ethic and would be great in any college!) then don't send the 2nd one. If the 2nd one adds another dimension or provides additional insight, THEN send it. I think this is what Dean J told me when she came to our school but my memory is failing me. But, if it wasn't her, then it was the dean from Duke or UPenn so the advice is universal: don't send more than what they ask unless it adds another dimension to the student's application. I think at some school someone sent upwards of 40 recs.</p>
<p>Our record was 37. It didn't work.</p>
<p>I sent two teachers recs. They were both different in content, and from two teachers I had come to know really well. Realistically, I think you want the teachers writing the recommendations to know you as more than as a student. Get a teacher to write a rec that you have spent extra time on a project with, were an athlete on their sports team, went on a school trip with, etc. The recommendation should give the admission Dean a better idea of who you are and what you are like as a person. </p>
<p>If you are going to get two standard recommendations "Johnny is a wonderful student, always works hard, one of the stars in the class, etc." I don't see this point in having multiples (especially 37! :eek:)</p>