<li><p>If I go to a really tough prep school, does being marked in the in the top 15-5% boxes considered within the context of the academic rigor/competitiveness?</p></li>
<li><p>Are counselor or teacher recs more heavily weighted?</p></li>
<li><p>Since my counselor is my teacher, I can’t have her write me a teacher rec (since she’s go the counselor one to do.) I have another teacher in mind, but after that teacher, I don’t know what other teacher to choose. I’m either going to do a 10th grade math teacher, or a 12th grade science teacher, which I will have only been her student for 1-2 months by the time she writes the rec.</p></li>
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<p>Is having a 10th grade teacher, or a teacher you’ve known only for 1-2 months a disadvantage, especially the latter?</p>
<p>1.Give the admissions committee of arguably one of the best schools in the world some credit.</p>
<p>2.I'd assume it depends. If your school is incredibly big, probably the teacher recs as they'd have more meaningful interaction with you. In other situations, just refer to rule one.</p>
<p>3.That's a weird situation. I think Yale says pretty specifically on their site to opt for recommendations coming from people that know you well. I believe they give the example of NOT seeking out that favorite 9th grade English teacher for a rec. Not precisely your case, but....Go read Yale's take on recommendations anyway.</p>
<p>^ I asked a Yale adcom about 10th grade teacher recs, assuming the teacher knows you well. He reminded me that they prefer 11th grade teachers, but went on to say that they will certainly still read and that it was basically fine as long as you had one from an 11th grade teacher too.</p>
<p>Your teacher/counsellor could write the rec for you
they say "school official and your teacher/counsellor would know you better in both capacities.
Go ahead, but I think you might want to take someone else because if effect, it would be two recommendations on three pieces of paper. </p>