Rec Letters from Non-High School Teachers?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm a junior in high school and I'm starting to think about the whole college admissions process. I know that students typically have 2 teachers write a recommendation letter for them (and a rec letter from their counselor). Trouble is, I don't feel like I've really connected with any of my teachers in high school. I'm a pretty good student (ranked in the top 4), but like I said, I don't know if any of my teachers know me well enough to write a decent letter. Similarly, I've only met with my counselor once. I ended up crying in that meeting because she wouldn't allow me to take 6 AP classes senior year :-/ </p>

<p>I have a lab internship at one of the top 10 universities in the US. I was wondering if perhaps my supervisor, a phD candidate, would be an acceptable person to write a rec letter? Also, this summer I'm taking a credit course at Northwestern. If I really like the professor, would he/she be able to write me a letter? </p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Most of the colleges require you to submit recs from a humanities and science teacher. It sounds like the Northwestern prof would be able to write one, if you’re taking a full class there, but I don’t believe that your intership prof would be a substitute for a teacher, though he could probably send in a supplemental rec through commonapp</p>

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<p>It’s a 6-week class, but it does count as a full credit!</p>