<p>Will a crappy rec hurt, even if my others are pretty darn good?
I had like 4 teachers write them, and one of my teachers was a grad from harvard grad school, and so I had him write the one for the common app and I used it for a few schools. </p>
<p>Well, I had him write me another rec in late december for HPME and it sucked. It was like uber generic, saying things like “____ is one of the best writers I have ever seen, and is always ready to provoke great discussion in class.” I mean it was full of praise, but it was like a patronizing type because I think there was like 8 lines on the whole page, and it was really really generic. I don’t know if it’s the same one he submitted for the common app (let’s hope not) but if it is, will that hurt me?</p>
<p>I figure since my counselors one and my other teachers one were really good (at least it seemed like it, they looked really long from what I could see through the envelope), so do you think they can overlook one crappy rec?</p>