<p>I have finished my first semester of college and am going to start applying for internships (varying from businesses to biomedical labs) and was wondering which reference would be more respected. I have my first reference as my former lab chief from my internship between junior and senior year of high school. I was not sure who to put for my second reference (because some applications require two references). I am between my high school chemistry teacher who knows me very well, my college writing seminar professor who knows me fairly well, and a director from the camp I worked at last summer. Assuming that all are going to write equally strong letters of recommendation, which would a company or a lab view best or does it not really matter?</p>
<p>I would go with whoever knows you best because they will have the strongest points to say about you.</p>
<p>A company does not weigh letters differently unless their is a huge difference in references like your teacher versus the president.</p>