<p>Question even though it's now out of my control:</p>
<p>I read one of my rec letters and overall it was pretty genuine though badly written. However, this teacher wrote about two sentences of a weakness I have. Do you think that was a good idea?</p>
<p>The rankings as well, this teacher gave me a "better than most" on integrity, though I've never cheated in class before. I mean, maybe the odd, "let me see your homework" and visa versa with my friends, but never during tests...!!</p>
<p>The other rec balanced out integrity with "exceptional" for my humanities. What would you say? Hurt or help? It does provide a well rounded profile of me as a student, but at the same time...</p>
<p>The MIT admissions page includes information about letters of recommendation. Once you're on the undergraduate admissions page, go to the tap at the top right of the screen titled "Info for Schools." Then click on the link titled "writing evaluations." There are samples of letters MIT deems excellent, and samples of letters MIT deems mediocre or confusing. </p>
<p>It's useful information, but admittedly not helpful for someone who has already sent in everything. Good luck!</p>
<p>Looking at those examples, I would say both teacher recs are in the 'excellent' category and the school counselor rec is in the 'good' category. i just hope they don't put too much weight on the rankings...I don't know why I worry so much, but that's been bugging me. I mean, you work so hard for 4 friggin years and when it all boils down, teachers pull stunts like this.</p>
<p>teachers man... I remember how I had to run after them day and night only to get a signature!!!!!.. worse here.. you have to right the recommendations yourself and get it signed by them..
My teachers made me change few lines 4 times.. It was so frustrating!!!!!!</p>
<p>One of my teachers decided to forgo the second page of the form, and his recommendation letter didn't really touch upon reaction to adversity, except perhaps the part on how I was full of energy. However, he did mark that part with the boxes as exceptional.</p>
<p>Am I in quite a disadvantage? </p>
<p>I have so many issues with my application, <em>sigh</em>.</p>
<p>well apparently MIT has lost my counselor rec and transcript. i don't know how since they were in the same package as my teacher recs and those were processed. i hope they find it because i don't want to have to send that stuff again. tracking down people for signatures was way too hard lol</p>
<p>Ugh getting teachers to do what you want is a big pain in the A double snickers. I applied to Olin, which was due Dec. 1st (Saturday) and he started writing the entire rec letter on November 30th. I was going to miss that friday to work on my UC apps, but alas no, I couldn't because despite my constant reminders, he failed to get it done.</p>
<p>That's what I was wondering - I guess the letter itself is far more important than the rankings, but then again that section must be important. I'm just afraid that my 'integrity' check (better than most) will raise some eyebrows. I hope not, because I don't think that was fair of my teacher to put that. It's high school for god's sake...we get busy work 95% of the time. At least where I'm from. Haha...</p>
<p>Exceptional integrity particularly means taking an initiative in integrity -- and can be thought of a defence of all integrity in general, and not just yours. </p>
<p>Do you, for example, simply turn a blind eye when something amiss is going on with your peers?</p>
<p>Well, I find people who nitpick others for lack of good judgment to be extremely annoying. So yes, I do turn a blind eye. It's none of my business what they do. </p>
<p>But I can see your point in regards to integrity.</p>
<p>my recommendation letter from my physics teacher was total BS. sounded good though... just not true. at all. haha. but i guess he wants me to get into MIT.</p>