Hey all,
If I received a recommendation from my History/English teacher who received a PhD from Columbia, would that be more useful than a recommendation from a teacher who didn’t when applying there?
No. The school is interested in what the LOR has to say about the candidate, not where person who wrote the LOR went to school.
@happy1 that’s true, but if he somehow included that he was experienced with the school and knew I could handle it and stuff would that be good?
I don’t expect it will make a material difference.
i agree with @happy1. the only way i think it could make a slight difference is if your teacher puts how you specifically are a good fit for columbia. he/she went to school there and can probably better tell which type of person would succeed there compared to a regular person