Letters of Rec Question

<p>Hi!
I had a few questions about the letters of recommendation for Cornell.
How many do we need?
and
Do they have to be from teachers of an 'academic' subject or can it be a director for an extracurricular activity?
Any help would be greatly appreciated~!</p>

<p>you need 2 letters of rec.</p>

<p>i’m not sure about the second question. i think going for academic teachers in your area of study is the safe method, but if that guy can write a good rec letter maybe cornell will be ok with that. i had my psych and history teacher do my recs. i applied for bio. so yeah, that didn’t kill me.</p>