<p>This might be another dumb question..but to teacher and counselor recs have to mention EVERYTHING? Every award, every activity, every position?</p>
<p>Um no…then it would just be a rehash of your application. Recs should address your personality, character, what you bring to the classrom. Lists of your activities & awards is already addressed by you on the app.</p>
<p>Ok, good good, because mine mention my activities only in passing, and don’t metion any detail/positions.. since neither teacher I asked for a rec was really involved in any of those activities. So that would be alright?</p>
<p>sure, it is better that way. that is already in you app.</p>
<p>Oh thanks! That is such a relief..when I was reading through the “exaggeration” thread, it seemed everyone was implying that the colleges might think you are lying if a teacher or counselor doesn’t metion all your activities..and mine don’t because alot of them the teachers didn’t even know about.</p>
<p>I have a couple of rec’s to write over the holidays. I always get the resume from the students, but feel silly repeating all the info that the schools always have anyway.</p>
<p>It helps to have the resumes, but I struggle with these letters.
Sigh.</p>
<p>I specifically asked my tecahers to write about my personality and academic promises.</p>