<p>I have a couple questions regarding teacher recs, since a lot of the answers I've gotten from friends/family have been a little confusing. I currently have three teachers that I have gotten recs from; honors physics, AP environmental science, and AP english 3. For the colleges I'm applying to, I can only send two teacher recs.</p>
<p>Does AP environmental science count as a core subject since it is under the "science" category? Or are they talking about just physics/chemistry/biology?</p>
<p>If AP environmental science is a viable option, would it be okay to send in both the ap env sci rec and the honors physics rec? They're both "science" and I'm not sure if colleges might disapprove if I didn't have recs from two completely different core subject categories, rather than just two different classes.</p>
<p>The reason I am asking is because I know I got 'great' recs from my science teachers, and only a 'pretty good' one from my english teacher.</p>
<p>Many schools will accept more than 2 recs. When the common ap comes out and you go into each school you will see which ones allow more than 2 so then send all three.</p>
<p>I believe schools really would prefer one from Eng and one from Sci, not 2 from science to show that you are rounded so it is better to do Eng and Sci.</p>
<p>Ok so that means it’s fine to send the ap environmental science rec? And I’ve checked with a lot of my top choices, like Stanford which I’m applying to EA, and they mostly only accept two teacher recs. Also my intended major is Pre-med, with possible minors in the sciences, but I’m not sure if that makes a difference. Everyone seems to fluctuate between “It doesn’t matter, as long as they’re two different classes” and “It really is better to send in recs from completely different subject areas.” Does anyone really know? Or is my only option to call up these colleges and ask?</p>
<p>Given that all schools want different things (eg some want 2 some 3 years of lang) there is no one answer. It would be safest to contact the schools you are interested in.</p>