<p>Is it acceptable to get a letter of recommendation from a teacher that you have not had yet, but will have senior year for early decision since you will have only been in their class for a quarter? He will be my stats teacher but also has been my coach for 4 years. Thanks for the help?</p>
<p>Not a good plan, I’m afraid. The purpose of the teacher recommendation is to evaluate your performance as a student, because student is the position you’re applying for at colleges and universities. Your coach and future statistics teacher may be able to say, “Shinbone is a great young person, with sterling character,” and that’s good, but he can’t yet address what kind of student you are.</p>
<p>Many colleges and universities welcome an additional letter, besides the required teacher evaluation(s) if the letter-writer can shed light on the applicant that the teachers can’t. Maybe your coach could write you such a letter?</p>
<p>My AP Stats teacher was also my volleyball coach haha and she, like Sikorsky said, wrote an additional letter of recommendation for me. I sent it to a bunch of the schools I applied to last year.</p>