Teacher Recommendations - are they truly helpful?

@damon30 you’re welcome :slight_smile: I really was more interested in the experience for more typical students. Obviously CC is going to have more kids who really were exceptional and could be labeled as “one of the best in my career in teaching” but let’s be realistic. MOST kids will not be that extraordinary.

So what is a LOR to say for your average B+/A- hard-working-but-not-exceptional student? Not every student will being some creative, unique presence to a college. And that is okay IMHO!

That is why I think a lot of the LOR I read were sort of boilerplate. Basically they were saying, he is a good kid, does his work, isn’t a troublemaker, will succeed at your school.

I am still curious how other schools control the # of LOR any particular teacher writes.