<p>Can you ask employers to write recommendations for you? I've only had two teachers at school that I've really liked and actually know me (I'm a quiet kid), but one of those teachers was from my freshman year. I'll be a senior this year, so maybe I'll find another teacher I like who could write a recommendation for me. Still, I was wondering if someone other than a teacher could write one. This year I've been working on Chris Daggett's campaign for governor, actually speaking to him personally. Would there be use in having him write a recommendation, or are core academic teachers always more important (even if they don't know me well)?</p>
<p>You need to have however many LORs from academic teachers as the school requires (usually two). Some schools have requirements that you have one humanities teacher and one math/science teacher or some schools don’t accept certain subjects such as foreign languages. You need to look at each specific schools requirements, but an LOR from someone else who’s not a teacher won’t replace a teacher recomendation. However, on top of that you can definitely submit supplemental LORs from people that aren’t teachers. I submitted 2 academic recomendations and 2 supplementals (one from a music teacher and one from the parent of a kid I tutored) to most of the schools I applied to.</p>