<p>Since parents seem to always know everything....</p>
<p>How long should teacher recs be? Like a page or less? Because after reading some of those "how to write your application" books (namely Rock Hard Apps), I've had the sinking suspicion that anything under 2 pages and not chock full of personal anecdotes is unworthy...</p>
<p>Please tell me I'm wrong.</p>
<p>I've never seen one that was more than one page. They should have substantive information, though -- a good one tends to be about 3 or 4 paragraphs and has includes some specific details to support whatever generalizations are made about the student.</p>
<p>Many schools have a teacher rec form (as does the common app) with a page for identifying information, some short answers (how long have you known applicant and in what capacity...) and some "ratings", usually considered very important - as I understand it - along the lines of "Student is average/above average/outstanding/one of the few of this caliber I have seen in my career." Then the narrative portion can be attached, making a second page. But not a 2-page narrative.</p>