Letter of rec or character reference?

T26E4
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:26:54 +0000

so shall i just make her write it?

I would advise against it. Her letter is of no value to colleges. Period.

Read the link in post 3 and Sikorsky’s description of what colleges value in LORs. Your “character reference” letter offers nothing the college wants. I’ve seen this before – mostly from teachers who don’t know WHAT COLLEGES WANT (like the MIT link) and think they are doing you a grand favor but really aren’t.

One of the biggest bits of advice I give people is CHOOSE WISELY your rec letter writers. Have they written letters for successfully admitted students to top colleges previously? Frankly, unless this person is able and willing to submit anecdotes (per the MIT link), you should extricate yourself.