<p>So I have a sophomore PRE-IB world history teacher who I've known for a long time. He was my sophomore year basketball coach so we share an extremely close bond, and I am confident he will write me a tremendous recommendation letter.</p>
<p>Then there is my junior year IB english teacher. She is fantastic, and we share a bond, but it is not close to my sophomore year teacher's. I am afraid my recommendation letter may be a tad bit generic.</p>
<p>I know what my opinion is. I feel I should ask my sophomore year teacher because of our closer bond, but he IS a sophomore teacher.</p>
<p>FYI: I am asking a senior year teacher for my other rec. He has been my club officer for a while now so he is for sure my other choice. </p>
<p>Colleges prefer the recs to be from your junior/senior year to get the most recent snapshot of you as possible, but if you’re positive that your sophomore year recommendation will be absolutely glowing whereas the one from your junior year teacher could be generic, I’d just go with the sophomore year one.</p>
<p>That said, check with your individual schools. Some REQUIRE the recommendations to be from your junior/senior year. I know Bowdoin does, for example. I was actually in the same boat as you (my sophomore year English teacher and I had clicked extremely well), but I had to bite the bullet and omit her from my recommendations.</p>
<p>Wow. Thanks for the insight! I’m pretty annoyed because I should have gotten him as my senior year teacher as well, but it didn’t work out…</p>
<p>It’s ridiculous actually, getting a senior year rec. would actually be pretty inaccurate since you ask teachers for recs starting around october, after you’ve had him/her for only a month…</p>