<p>How do colleges view a letter of rec. with grammatical mistakes? Especially if it is a math/science teacher writing it? Just as long as the content is good and it makes positive references that's what matters right?</p>
<p>Also, when does a letter of rec get too long to the point it becomes detrimental? Is 850 words too much? Already sent mine for ed.</p>
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<p>Colleges know that some HS teachers are not grammar whizzes (especially the math/sci teacher). The evaluation of you is their prime interest. Don’t worry, it will be fine.</p>
<p>thanks for the response. any other opinions?greatly appreciated:]</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing about letters of rec. from teachers or counselors whose first language isn’t English. As an example, my daughter’s Spanish 2/3 teacher wrote her a very glowing recommendation, however she knows her weaknesses with English composition. She’s from El Salvador. So she sent it home with her to proof read. Her dad and I also looked it over. There were many corrections to be made. So we just typed it over and added the corrections and gave it back to the teacher to sign. She was fine with that.</p>
<p>Now then, my daughter’s counselor is also Hispanic with a thick accent. I’ve seen a couple of his emails and while they weren’t as bad as the Spanish teacher’s, there were definite grammatical errors. I doubt that he’ll have my daughter proof read it, though. I imagine she doesn’t even see it? I just don’t want an admissions officer to look at a letter of rec. full of errors and wonder what they’re teaching at this school! :)</p>