<p>Is it better to get a rec from a college professor who you only meet with a few hours a week but have fantastic/prolific conversations (including e-mail correspondence) with, or an HS teacher who has known you for longer (e.g. taught you last year and is teaching you this year?) </p>
<p>Basically, is having a rec from professors from the local university bound to impress more, or is a longer-term relationship more important in these cases? However, I am also considering a rec from HS teachers who have only known me this year, but whom I considerably spend more time with weekly -- compared to a teacher who's known me 2 years or even four years, should I pass them over?</p>
<p>Can you only send one? Why not both?</p>
<p>I can send both, but I don't know if I should, which is why I made this thread. ;)</p>
<p>I was just asking about the idea in general -- if the fact that your recommender is a college professor is going to be a bigger plus than the length of acquaintance, then I might end up getting two recs from different college professors instead.</p>
<p>I don't know if it's a bigger plus or not. My son was in the same situation actually, with a college prof. and a couple high school teachers. He ended up going with the high school teachers because they'd known him longer for his ED app, but if that doesn't work out he said he's going to ask the college prof for a letter for his RD schools. Sorry, that doesn't answer your question very well! lol. I guess I'd just go with whoever you thought would write you the best rec, and not try to guess how it would look to unknown admissions officers. I think the fact that you have college classes on your resume will be pretty strong all by itself.</p>