So, there I was, drooling over the MIT application when ...

halopeno2
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:50:44 +0000

Come on now, as an MIT applicant I’m sure you are a smart kid-smarter than me anyway. You answered your own question. But, as a caveat, it doesn’t look as good of a rec if it comes from a 9th, even 10th grade teacher, unless you still do something with them (i.e. club, research, etc.). Colleges want to see a rec from a higher level teacher in a higher level course because in 11/12 grade you are more mature and have more of a personality that is closer to that which you’ll have in college.