<p>I am currently writing my college app essays, and I was wondering if it's okay to say the name of a teacher within my essay, or if I should just call her "Ms. M." I know this is a very minor issue, but I don't want to make a mistake on such a minute detail. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I think it’s fine to use the teacher’s name (as long as you’re not being malicious). I think if you call her “Ms. M–” you’ll look like the author of an early Victorian novel.</p>
<p>I paid tribute to one of my teachers, by her full name, in one of the essays I wrote for Harvard many, many years ago. I got in.</p>
<p>Yeah, only veneration 
Thanks so much! And belated congrats on your acceptance to Harvard. :)</p>
<p>Oh…*very *belated. I graduated in 1985!</p>
<p>But thanks for the kind thought.</p>