<p>Sorry, if this is not the appropriate time to ask this questions (since all of you guys are concerned with admission for this year).</p>
<p>But I am a junior and I was just looking at the MIT application, specifically the teacher recommendations. I looked at the questions and they seem extrememly specific. However, it says that the teacher may attach a letter that adresses the general nature of the questions.</p>
<p>So basically I was wondering</p>
<li> How much will it hurt me if my teachers do not specifically answer the 5 questions but just generlize them in an attached letter?</li>
<li> How many recommendation letters for MIT usually use an attached letter instead of answering the specific 5 questions (any adcoms here?).<br></li>
<li> Did anyone get to see their recommendation letters, and which format were they in?</li>
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<p>I am interested because one of my teachers wrote me a rec for several summer programs, and he said he would be willing to write me a rec for colleges next year. However, I do not think he would be able to specifically answer a question about resillency, but he would probably still be able to write me an above average rec detailing other things that I have done.</p>
<p>I also saw the sample recs on the MIT website, and none of them seemed to follow MIT’s format…they were all letter format (so thats how its suppose to be?)</p>
<p>Thanks</p>