What did your teacher say about you in your recommendation? Lets rate it.

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>okay</p>

<p>so basically</p>

<p>give us a thorough summary of your teacher recommendations IF you saw them or IF they told you what it was about. Or, you can just type out the whole thing if you have it.</p>

<p>and then, we'll rate it from 1-10 (one being worst, 10 best) on what we think about your recommendation, and we'll tell you if anything about your recommendation stands out or seems bad, and if its like ivy-worthy or not. we'll make comments about your teacher recommendation.</p>

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<p>mine says:
i am a good student, i play soccer well, i am a rowdy student leader, i am very good at passing in my assignments (never a missed assignment!) and i am a gentleman. i am smart, i have good test scores, i am a nice, articulate person. i have been involved very heavily in my school activities through debate, soccer, theater, guiding light, and volunteering at the hospital. i am ambitious, but at the same time, i have a kind heart</p>

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<p>Is it just me or do teachers not understand the idea of being unique in their letters? Every one of mine sounds the exact same.
I'm an excellent student, communicate well with my peers, willing to face hardships with eagerness, good independent worker, participates in fine arts and math/sciences, will be good asset to any college, blah blah.</p>

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<p>He said I was outstanding like few students he had ever seen, my papers are consistently excellent yet what he knows me for is my exceptional contributions to the class that lead to a higher level of learning for all.</p>

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<p>That basically made my year.</p>

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<p>my chem teacher basically said the same thing about me, tdanielle, but he wrote the same rec for everyone...</p>

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<p>you popped my happy balloon miss secret</p>

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<p>He said something about me being quirky. And a buttload of other stuff. And he said stuff about the magnet program I was in.</p>

<p>And he checked a bunch of "top few in career" boxes.</p>

<p>I forget what else he wrote. It's been a year >_<</p>

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<p>What's with your obsession with rating people's stuff, parkrunner?</p>

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<p>I didn't read them, but I guess they were good enough for my username, considering I guess I was only a stereotypical applicant....</p>

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<p>I waived my right to read my rec, but I'm positive that my Chem teacher's one was excellent, and pretty sure that my APUSH teacher's one was at least positive.</p>

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<p>I purposely asked for my calculus teacher's rec.</p>

<p>She requires anyone asking her for a letter to submit to an application process, and I know that even though I'm usually in the top 5 of her classes, I've always gotten a borderline A-/B+ because I flake on hw a lot. </p>

<p>I know she knows I'm really a great great student, but I also know she's seen me at my flakiest/worst work habits, and she can tell the colleges that when I'm at my "worst", I'm still really good.</p>

<p>Those are the recs you should pick. (Even though I chose two other teachers who gave me glowing reviews :))</p>

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<p>why would you want to get a teacher who knows that you have potential (but don't use it) to write a recommendation for college?</p>

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<p>You misunderstood me. She knows why I can't do her DAILY LONG assignments because she's usually there at school when I'm there at 10 pm working on the paper (editor-in-chief).</p>

<p>It's not being lazy/ "misusing my potential".</p>

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<p>I waived my right to read the letters, too. Lol, hopefully that made my teachers more comfortable to write a good letter. I did cry in my teacher's class one time...hopefully she'll write it off as "a passionate, sensitive soul" or something. xD</p>

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<p>I waived my right, then my teacher filled it out and handed it to me to take to the office... haha</p>

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<p>Rating your recommendations? CC has reached a new level of ridiculousness.</p>

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<p>haha, I agree</p>

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<p>We should start rating each other on how ridiculous we are being. xP I give myself an 8 for being on CC too much and asking other clueless students about my chances of getting into college!! xP</p>

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<p>Haha, grade me catsushi!</p>

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<p>you have an advice column in the parent cafe on CC, tdanielle. 9 for you!</p>