Who should write your reference letter?

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  1. marty_smartie's Avatar
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    Who should write your reference letter?
    Dear all,
    Who is going to write your letter of recommendation? Im starting to think about it so that I don't rush it in October ) I'm undecided whether it should be my math teacher, my advisor in school or my lit one, which is also my football coach. I'm excluding from the choice my bio teacher cause we hate each other
    What about you?
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    Re: Who should write your reference letter?
    (Original post by marty_smartie)
    Dear all,
    Who is going to write your letter of recommendation? Im starting to think about it so that I don't rush it in October ) I'm undecided whether it should be my math teacher, my advisor in school or my lit one, which is also my football coach. I'm excluding from the choice my bio teacher cause we hate each other
    What about you?
    It is best to be somebody that knows you academically overall, rather than just one particular teacher. The advisor would likely be the best option.
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    Re: Who should write your reference letter?
    (Original post by marty_smartie)
    Dear all,
    Who is going to write your letter of recommendation? Im starting to think about it so that I don't rush it in October ) I'm undecided whether it should be my math teacher, my advisor in school or my lit one, which is also my football coach. I'm excluding from the choice my bio teacher cause we hate each other
    What about you?
    For my reference I had one paragraph from each of my 4 subject teachers (this was back in last June, so I hadn't dropped Maths then), and one paragraph from my form tutor.

    My head of year then took all of the 'good' bits from all those and put it all into one concise and coherent reference
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