Letters of recommendation?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Hi there,
I have 3 letters of recommendation, but unfortunately they are all from a science/math teacher. I don't have a single teacher who can write me a letter of recommendation who is not a math/science teacher.
Is it possible to just not submit the "humanities" letter of recommendation? I can submit a math/science one instead. I really have NO teacher that can write it, I didn't have many of these classes and the ones I did said no.
Thanks!</p>

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No, you must have at least one humanities letter.</p>

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<p>But I have/had NO humanities teachers that would write it. None. What should I do? Get one from a middle school teacher?</p>

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<li>How many of these classes did you have?<br></li>
<li>Why did they say no? (This may be difficult to talk about, but your best chance of us figuring out how to help is you telling us exactly what the problem is.)</li>
<li>Are you considering every humanities teacher? Not just history and english, but art and foreign language?</li>
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<p>The important question you need to understand the answer to is: “Why are your humanities teachers saying no?”</p>

<p>If you help us understand that answer, then we can hopefully help you move forward.</p>

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<p>OP could be an int’l student where humanities are not a requirement. My current subjects are math, further math, physics, applied ict. As u can see, no humanities</p>

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<p>@PiperXP

  1. I finished all my history/English requirements early - so basically 9th/10th grade. Most of the teachers left my school anyway.
  2. The leftover ones said no because there’s probably nothing to write about me. Humanity courses just drive me insane. I’m a math/science/computer guy, so I never excelled in any humanity courses. I was really quiet in those classes, too.
  3. I never had any art classes. I only had history, English, and Spanish. Yeah, I looked at what type of teachers MIT wants but I have none to ask.
    @Muhammad I’m not an international student but my school doesn’t really require humanities. My schedule is -> AP physics/chem/stats and a bunch of other sciences classes.</p>
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<p>Would it be possible to contact some of the teachers that have left?</p>

<p>I think a neutral letter is better than no letter, if you can convince them.</p>

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<p>I am an international EC, and a majority of applicants from my country are not taking any humanities, arts or social sciences when they apply to MIT. Nonetheless, they are all able to get a Humanities letter. Some get it from the equivalent of grade 9 and 10 teachers (which was the last time that they had a humanities teacher). Some get it from an extracurricular, for example a band teacher, or the faculty adviser to the politics club, or some such thing. Every MIT student, regardless of major, will take 8 classes in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (including at least one from each of those three grouping), and MIT needs to know that that is not going to be a problem. If you cannot find a humanities teacher who knows you, you are not reassuring MIT that HASS is not going to be a problem.</p>