For Business Schools, which teacher should I get a recommendation from?

Applying to College
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<p>Hey. I am apply EA to Georgetown McDonough Business School and I was wondering which teacher I should get a recommendation from.</p>

<p>On the Georgetown undergraduate application, it states that I should get a recommendation from either a social studies teacher or a math teacher.</p>

<p>Over the summer, my last year's history teacher (social studies = history right?) for AP US History wrote a recommendation for me. </p>

<p>I read the recommendation over and it is pretty good and he said a lot of nice things but he focused more on how I write well and have historical knowledge/inquisitve mind.</p>

<p>Will this have any bearing for a business school? Like will the ad comms think..will the kid (me) writes well but that is irrelavent to business?</p>

<p>I was thinking of telling him to edit a little bit (like one paragraph and tell the ad comms that due to my inquisitve mind and historical proficiency, I am able to predict trends and thus can be successful as a financial analyst/stock broker...or something along those lines).</p>

<p>Or should I just go to my math teacher from last year (AP Calculus AB) and ask her for a recommendation? </p>

<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Who do you think will give a more accurate description of yourself as a person/student to Georgetown? I'd go with that one. </p>

<p>Also, when I mean more accurate, I do also mean more glowing recommendation :)</p>

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<p>why not send two?</p>

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<p>^^^^</p>

<p>Hmmm I was thinking of doing that but I don't know if we are allowed to send extra stuff that the application doesn't ask for.</p>

<p>Like it might seem that I can't follow directions.</p>

<p>But I will give that some thought.</p>

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<p>well, i think the history one sounds pretty good... you said the history teacher talks about your writing skills right? well, one important aspect for business is your writing skills, so i think you should be fine..</p>

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<p>also, just wondering, what are your stats, cuz i am a junior who also want to apply to georgetown, but i think that its too much of a reach for me...</p>

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<p>It's not following directions if you send an audition tape of you singing when you're supposed to write some essay. :)</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>Huh?</p>

<p>Sorry I didn't really get that last comment. lol. </p>

<p>So are you saying that it would be bad if I sent in an extra rec or something like a magazine (A World Language Magazine that I was the Fundraising Supervisior for and the Spanish Editor) I published to Gerogetown Business School if they don't ask for it?</p>

<p>Thanks for the clarification.</p>

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<p>As long as the extra rec says something different about you, it's fine to send. A rec from an employer and/or a place where you did a lot of volunteering and made an impact is worth sending along.</p>

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<p>Gender: MALE
Race: Asian - Bangladesh
Location: Edison
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Potential Majors/Career Plans:</p>

<p>Business – Investment Banking or Financial Analyst
Law – Corporate Lawyer
Engineering – Aeronautics/Aerospace Engineering
Journalist </p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.9818
GPA - Weighted: 5.6087
*Basically GPA wise, I got all As throughout high school except for a B in Chemistry junior year.
Class Rank: top 10% (7 out of 500)
Class Size: 500</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 680
SAT I Writing: 720
SAT I Total: 2110</p>

<p>SAT II Literature: 760
SAT II U.S. History: 760
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 670</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB - 5
AP US History - 5
AP English Language and Composition - 5</p>

<p>*By the time of graduation, I will have taken 7 AP classes in high school. I am also currently self-studying for AP Chemistry.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Mock Trial - 3 Years
Future Business Leaders of America - 4 Years
Eagles School Newspaper - 4 Years
World Language Literary Magazine - 3 Years
Edison Islamic School - 4 Years
Math League - 4 Years
Interactive Tutoring – 3 Years</p>

<p>Leadership positions: </p>

<p>Mock Trial - 2 Years - Lead Prosecution Lawyer
FBLA - 1 Year - Treasurer
Eagles School Newspaper - 1 year - News Editor and 1 year - Features Editor
World Language Literary Magazine - 1 year - Co-Fundraising Supervisior; 1- year Spanish Editor
Edison Islamic School - 2 Years - Treasurer</p>

<p>Athletics:</p>

<p>Tennis - 1 year - Junior Varsity</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: </p>

<p>JFK Hartwick Nursing Home - 50 Hours
Interactive Tutoring - 15 Hours
Edison Islamic School Tutoring - 75 Hours</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: </p>

<p>2007 Project Law Essay Competition - Grand Prize Winner (Received a laptop, got several letters from the principal, superintendednt, and the NJ Assemblyman)
National Honor Society Member
Science National Honor Society Member
Spanish National Honor Society Member
Placed for Wordmasters Competition
Perfect Attendance - 3 Years
Participant in the National Spanish Exam - 9th Grade
7th Honors in FBLA Regional Competition - Intro. to Business
All "A" Honor Roll multiple Times
AP Scholar</p>

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<p>You're a solid applicant for Georgetown. The recs won't matter much in your case and good writing skills is a plus for any profession, including business.</p>

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<p>Thanks FredBurger.</p>

<p>I might actually post the whole application that my history teacher wrote for me.</p>

<p>If I have the time.</p>

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<p>^^
For your sake don't post it, PM it. You don't want to put stuff like that online.</p>

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<p>^^^^</p>

<p>True. I never thought of that.</p>

<p>Thanks for pointing it out.</p>