<p>On Harvard's admissions website, it says, "Teachers who know the applicant well and who have taught him or her in academic subjects", should write recommendation letters. I am considering asking my math, physics, or English teacher for recommendations. They should all be pretty good, but math and physics will definitely be the strongest of the three. I also know that some schools prefer one recommendation from the sciences and one from the humanities. Would it be better to pick the strongest two or one from each subject for Harvard admissions? Please give your reasoning behind your choice as well.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I believe Harvard doesn’t have that requirement because it knows sometimes the strongest two will be from similar subjects. When I applied, UChicago required a math/science and a history/English recommendations. (I applied early, since Harvard/Princeton didn’t have early in those days.) Far my strongest recommendations were from history and from a language, so I made do and came up with a strong but not that strong letter from a science teacher, and was admitted early. For the rest of my applications, including Harvard, I used history and language, omitting physics, and was admitted to all. (It was a short list.) On this one, I trust them that they would say that they wanted that science/humanities thing if they did.</p>