Asking senior year teachers for recommendations

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NOTE: what your teacher has accomplished has VERY LITTLE BEARING on how powerful the recommendation is. If a teacher knows you better than the published author by the time application season rolls around, his/her recommendation would be worth way more than the author’s. It’s totally about what kind of relationship you have with your teacher, not about how much they’ve accomplished or what you perceive their word to be “worth.”

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<p>Worth repeating. OP, it is fine to ask a senior teacher if you feel confident they will know you well enough to write a rec early in the year. But their accomplishments should not be the guiding force in your decision to ask that teacher.</p>