What's considered a good teacher rec?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay, so what is considered a good teacher recommendation? Do the recommendations need to have the "One of the top few of my career" checked off for all the boxes?</p>

<p>All of my teacher recommendations have those checked off and so does my counselor one, but I don't know what the content of the recommendations are. I'm hoping they're insightful.</p>

<p>But hypothetically, let's say the recommendations were pretty standard...like blah blah blah she's an awesome student....blah blah she has awesome leadership skills...blah blah here's a little anecdote...etc. etc. But "One of the top few of my career" is checked off for all of them. Does that make the recommendation stand out? Or are most applicants' recommendations going to have that checked off as well? Are a person's chances increased when all the teachers/counselor check that off?</p>

<p>I realize how stupid my questions are. But I just want to feel a little bit more secure because when people say "My teacher recommendations are glowing..." I don't know by who's standards or by what standards. And I just want that to be cleared up a little since I'm really clueless.</p>

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<p>...I'm not sure this is in the right section, by the way.</p>

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<p>I was wondering the same thing. It seems many teachers just put down a bunch of generic crap -- oh he/she is hardworking and is a nice person blah blah and chekc "one of the top few" even when the student doesn't deserve it. I hope my recommendations are good... makes a control freak like me nervous when I can't see it.</p>

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<p>Does anyone else know?</p>