<p>Does MIT contacts the teachers from her evaluation forms? My English teacher wrote one of my recommendations and I am guessing that it is ok. But if the will talk on the phone or email she might not be so nice... We did not get along very well and I had to ask her for a recommendation because no other teacher was able to write a recommendation in English.
:-(
by the way I am international applicant if it helps</p>
<p>Dan2233,
You clearly missed the statement on the admissions instructions that noted that recommendations do not have to be written in English. From the Admissions instructions on the MIT Admissions website:
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<p>That being said, they are highly unlikely to contact a teacher. However international applications are highly competitive and if one of your LoR’s is lukewarm at best, that will not help you much.</p>