<p>Please state you reponse as a fact or opinion to this question.</p>
<p>How much would a REALLY REALLY REALLY amazing letter of reference help?
How seriously are letter read?</p>
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<p>First off, no teacher will purposely write a bad letter of rec (if your rec is bad, then that means you have no sense whatsoever in finding good references). So that undermines your claim of REALLYx3 amazing. After all, what you think is amazing might be mediocre compared to another student's recommendation.</p>
<p>Basically, if your recommender can highlight tangible qualities through lively anecdotes (more than 1), then it is a good recommendation. A recommendation that uses elegant language extolling your achievements but fails to point out specific instances cannot be considered as "amazing." </p>
<p>Basically, if you think your reviewer really showed who you are as a person, not who you are in school or in your work, then you have a good recommendation. But every student is likely to have a recommendation like that if they are applying to Pton in the first place, so I'd say that a letter of recommendation will only help you significantly if your reviewer pinpointed an idea about you that cannot be found in the hundreds and thousands of other applications.</p>
<p>well said..</p>
<p>nice.......</p>
<p>Well, collegeboard.com says that recommendations are one of four "very important" admissions factors. And there is clearly some difference between "good" and "reallyx3 amazing" because a good letter would just say "he is a very bright student...his writing skills show lots of insight...he scores highly on math tests" and an amazing one would say "he's a saint; he did this...he's a genius; he solved the hardest math problem i've ever seen...".</p>
<p>Your definition of "reallyx3 amazing" could be slightly different from that of oasis, but i think that a true "reallyx3 amazing" letter would help quite a bit.</p>
<p>good recs show that you make a lasting impression on teachers.</p>
<p>they are very important</p>
<p>Question. On the form you give to the teachers, it has a spot where they mark how good a certain student is in a particular area (top 50%/20%/5%/top few encountered in my career, etc.). What do most recommenders end up putting. That is, do they fudge a bit and rank them a bit higher, say they're one of the top few encountered in my career, in part to help them get into Princeton, or are they totally (and sometimes brutally) honest, ranking them where they belong? Maybe that question doesn't make too much sense, but if you get what I'm asking, and know an answer, I'd be interested to know.</p>
<p>"He has the drive, skill, breadth of knowledge and interest, and intelligence to achieve any of his high goals." That'd be, I think, a "reallyx3" recommendation.</p>
<p>arbiter.... i think that is just a good recommendation.... think about it....tons of princeton applicants would have that sentence in their recommendations. A really times 3 rec would have some thing SPECIFIC that the recommender has personally noticed bout the student.....</p>
<p>Hmm, good point. So: "John Doe is one of the most courageous you men I have ever met. He personally saved me, my baby, and 2 puppies from a burning building, then went back in for my TV and Stereo."?</p>
<p>well, that one WOULD be 3x really. but you can achieve the same thing in a more plausible setting, as well.</p>
<p>Yes, but that one is so much more interesting.</p>
<p>LOL!!!ok maybe not THAT PERSONAL OR SPECIFIC... but am trying to drive home a point. which i cannot successfully portray at the moment....lol</p>