<p>Ok so my question is: if a professor who graduated from (with a masters) and taught at Yale, wrote a letter of recommendation for a student and stated that the student was one of the best they've ever taught, would that letter have more weight than one coming from a regular high school teacher?</p>
<p>By regular I mean one with a BA in education from state-level university.</p>
<p>This would be for a student applying to schools like Yale, Harvard, MIT, ect.</p>
<p>It’s not the pedigree of the letter writer that matters – it’s the content of the letter and if it shows real traits of the student. It’s not as if the Yale guy says: " Hello Admissions. I’m a Yale alum (and therefore you need to heed my opinion) and I know this guy…"</p>
<p>The student if of high school age (17) but had the prof. for Calc II. And is now in the professors honors Calc III class, at the students local community college. And the prof. offered to write the student a LoR and said “I’ve studied with and taught some of the best, and you’re one of the best.” </p>
<p>Just wondering how much weight the letter would have to it.</p>
<p>I love how this is presented as a hypothetical third-person situation that is obviously the OP’s own situation.</p>
<p>If the professor offered to write the student a letter, you should accept the offer. It will clearly be a strong letter. You should contact all relevant admissions offices to determine whether a dual-enrollment teacher would count for one of your teacher recs. If it doesn’t, you should send this letter in addition to the required ones from your high schools teachers.</p>
<p>It’s almost always a good idea to take LoRs that are offered to you.</p>