<p>I'm talking about MIT/CalTech.</p>
<p>I can only think of two teachers who wouldn't say I'm a lazy bastard, and my counselor quit last year. So does 2 recs work? One is math, one is science. Idk that I need a humanities one for IT's.</p>
<p>Post please.</p>
<p>2 is good enough. if the third's going to make your application suffer, DO NOT have an extra.</p>
<p>You do need 2 teacher AND one counselor rec if that's what the school requires. Don't send extra unless they really add something to your application.</p>
<p>Almost every school requires a counselor rec / secondary school report, plus either one or two teacher recs.</p>
<p>You may be taking the laziness thing a bit too far. Caltech and MIT are extremely selective schools, and you would be well advised to take the application process seriously. For starters - go to their websites and see what you need to apply. Both schools want one of the recs to be from a humanties class.</p>
<p>I would also email or call them to see how to handle the lack of counselor. The counselor form is different from the teacher recs. I t has info about your school and how you fit into it.</p>