<p>Is it okay if for this Common App essay topic, I write about a teacher who is also going to be writing a teacher recommendation letter for me? Could anything possibly go wrong with this?</p>
<p>I don’t see why this would be a problem =)</p>
<p>Just make sure that your essay really reveals things about you: That’s whom the committee is interested in, not the teacher.</p>
<p>Thank you! Yeah, I’m going to talk about how the teacher made me think more critically, helped me improve my writing, and also helped me “discover” myself and my personality. She’s an inspiration to me and helped teach me about myself. That sounds sort of weird the way I phrased it but… does she sound like a good person to write about?</p>
<p>What matters isn’t who you write about, but what you write about, and what you’re planning to write about sounds very appropriate and interesting.</p>