Rec letter from 8th grade teacher

Applying to College
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<p>I was wondering how colleges would view a recommendation letter from an 8th grade/middle school teacher. The teacher who wrote my letter wrote a great one and she forms great relationships with all her students; students she had 12-15 years ago still visit her regularly, for example. </p>

<p>One of my junior year AP teachers wrote the other letter, so I'm not worried about that one. What I want to know is, will colleges take the first letter less seriously because I had the teacher before I even reached high school?</p>

<p>Keep in mind I am applying to some top schools (Stanford, Rice, JHU etc.)</p>

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<p>That’s a horrible idea. </p>

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<p>Yeah, I really should’ve planned it out better :/</p>

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<p>The only way that would be remotely okay is if the teacher has overseen some activity you participated throughout high school or something like that. Otherwise, there’s no reason for you to ask a teacher from middle school. And plus, there’s still time to ask one from your high school. </p>

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<p>Keep it for a third, supplemental rec. You should really get another rec from an **academic<a href=“sorry%208th%20grade”>/b</a> teacher.</p>

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<p>Another vote to use this as a supplemental rec. I think it WILL hurt your chances to use it as one of your academic recs, no matter how glowing. Find a teacher from 11th or 12th grade in an academic class and ask them. You better get going, as it is quite late to be requesting teacher recs for this year’s applications.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input! I suppose that’s what I’ll do. I should be able to get my physics teacher to write me a solid letter.</p>