I have 2 STEM teachers and 2 humanities teachers who can write really good recommendations for me. However, I’ll just need 1 from each category. How should I decide whom to ask?
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–If you have a good guidance counselor you may want to run the names past him/her. Some guidance counselors have a sense of who writes strong recommendations.
–Other than that pick the teachers who you feel know you best and will have the most positive things to say about you.
I agree with @happy1 . Adcoms are looking for insight to your character. Who is going to be able to say something about you that will help adcoms get to know you? That is who you choose.
Thanks, I’ll definitely ask my counselor. The problem is that my English teacher and History teacher both could write great recommendations that illuminate different aspects of my personality and way of thinking/learning. I just don’t want to ask both since I intend to major in a STEM field.