Regarding Recommendations

<p>Applying from Canada, from a public school in the middle of nowhere, my teachers haven't written a letter of recommendation for a school in their lives. I've read my Counselour and teacher recs, and I think they were good, but I really have no idea how they should be.</p>

<p>How long are recommendations usually? How personal is the counselour rec? My counselour really doesn't know me well, and her rec was just a laundry list of things and qualities that my teachers told her about.
My 2 teacher recs are significantly longer, and very personal. (I picked my 2 favorite teachers, who know me very well)</p>

<p>Thanks for enlightening me</p>