College apps are open now and Rice requires a teacher rec. I was thinking of having my freshman year English teacher write it for me. I was wondering if that would hurt my chances, rather than choosing my English AP teacher or US History AP teacher from junior year. My freshman English teacher is the only one who knows me well enough to write the rec letter for me since I really only talk to her on a regular basis. I’m not sure if my English AP teacher likes me but I know if I ask her to write the letter, she wouldn’t butcher it… But she knows little about me. The U.S. History is similar but I know she likes me. What should I do?
One would certainly hope that you have grown as both a person and as a student between your freshman and senior years. It is highly unlikely that your freshman teacher can talk about this growth on an academic level, even if you have had conversations with her in the intervening years. I’d choose someone else.