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Is it true that you re not supposed to ask for a recommendation letter from a professor you've only had once?

I want to apply for a scholarship and I need two recommendation letters, but one of them has to be from one of my business professors (the other professor is one I've had for 5 semester because it was a language class). The problem is, I've never had the same business professor twice for a class before (and at my school that is pretty common for a business major). My friends told me that I should only ask for a recommendation letter if I've had the professor more than once, but they are also in a really small department, in which it's common for them to have the same professor 3+ times.

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  • 6 years ago

    No it's not "true" in the sense of a rule, its just they do not know you well probably and may not write the best letter. If that is what you have to work with, then that is what you have; pick the prof in the class you shone the most.

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