French and AP Statistics Teacher Recommendations

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Hey guys, so I am a prospective undergraduate engineering/computer science applicant to tech schools. I have had French for 3 years so far (AP French next year for the 4th) and took AP Statistics this year. I feel as though the respective teachers of these two classes know me the best and can portray me in the best light, so for tech schools that ask for one humanities and one science/math recommendation, could this choice hurt me? AP Statistics is considered a math, right? And foreign language is a humanities subject... but they are not like, AP Calculus AB and APUSH. I would ask my calculus teacher, but he selects VERY few students by lottery because he is just that popular. Or I could get recommendations from my AP Calculus BC and AP English Language teachers next year, but that is on the assumption that I develop extremely strong relationships with them and maintain high grades in their classes for the one month I will know them before I need to let them know for the EA/ED round.</p>

<p>I will also be getting a supplementary recommendation from my supervisor at a science center I volunteer at, so she can talk about my science/engineering involvement as well + personal qualities. So, what do you think?</p>

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<p>i think that would be fine</p>

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<p>Thanks @guineagirl96‌! Anyone else? **Also, would it hurt me to say, ask a teacher who teaches a non-weighted subject (regular english) if I feel like she knows me really well? Because on the common app recommendation they ask what level the teacher teaches so I don’t know if that’s taken into account…</p>

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<p>It’s perfectly fine IMO also.</p>

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<p>Yep, fine. Also, non-weighted subject is fine, too. The teacher should have you in class for an academic subject and know you well - they’re not going to care about which level they teach at. Keep in mind, though, that they’re supposed to rank you in the context of other students they’ve had, so if an AP teacher says that you’re in the top 1% of students she’s ever taught, it’s going to mean a lot more than a regular English teacher saying that you’re in the top 1% of students she’s ever taught.</p>