<p>Hi, I'm just wondering - if I were to get a personal college recommendation from the advising attorney on my mock trial team, would it be beneficial? Or would it be reviewed the same way any teacher recommendation may be viewed? What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Any other rec…</p>
<p>does it make it stand out at all, since it’s someone outside of the school system??</p>
<p>No. Colleges are not impressed by the recommender, they are impressed about what they have to say about you.</p>
<p>Great story about this in a new book on the college admissions game. College trustee was constantly being asked for letters of recommendation from wealthy alumni for their children, thinking it would give them an edge. Since these people gave money to the school, he could hardly afford to turn them down and lose possible contributions. And he couldn’t write bad letters, as that would also backfire. So he coded each letter and told admissions this. If he referred to a student by their first name, he was personally vouching for them and thought they would be a good fit at the college. If he referred to them as Miss or Mr LastName, the letter was a courtesy, and to be regarded at meaningless.</p>
<p>The teacher rec’s are the most important ones. Only add a 3rd if they have something meaningful to add that will talk about you in a different way. Make sure he feels comfortable writing a positive review and that he has something concrete to say. And only use him if you worked together for a period of time, like 3 months a least, say. In this case I don’t really see it unless you were somehow remarkably outstanding.</p>