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<p>the fact that Stanford admissions officers prefer Junior/Senior year recs is striaght from the mouth of one of their admissions reps (the one that does New Jersy + other states?)</p>
<p>and i somewhat agree with senior year teachers not being the best judge about “growth” and I use that word because again it was what was said by the admissions rep so mabye it is slightly misconstrued in the sense that growth means “who you are now, who you have become” even if they cant comment on who you were before/the “journey of your becomming”</p>
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<p>its frowned upon but not excessively so. like I said a good rec is a good rec, if there is a significant difference between the level of insight a sophomore year teacher can offer over your calc teacher then you would probably be best off going w/sophomore year teacher.</p>
<p>but you know your situation, i would read this and decide which you think would benefit you more:</p>
<p>“we strongly request that these letters come from teachers who have taught you in grades 11 and/or 12. These letters, however, may come from teachers who have taught you in grade 10 if they are from teachers who have taught you at an advanced level (e.g. Honors, AP, IB, etc.) in a particular subject.”</p>
<p>[Teacher</a> Evaluations : Stanford University](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/evals.html]Teacher”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/evals.html)</p>