Question about Teacher Recommendations

Applying to College
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<p>Only two of my schools, UChicago and Wesleyan, explicitly say that they want one humanities recommendation and one math/science recommendation. The rest just say that they want two academic teachers. Now, as for the teachers I'm considering, I am definitely having my biology teacher do recommendations for every school, but I'm not sure who to ask for my second. For the ones that require a humanities rec, I think I'll get my English teacher, since I think he'll write a great rec, certainly the best out of my humanities teacher. But for the other schools, I'm not so sure. My math teacher knows me better and thinks very highly of me, but I have one reservation. Even though the other schools ask for two academic recs, would they truly prefer to see a humanities and math/science rec, or would it be okay to submit two math/science recs?</p>

<p>Basically, is the advantage gained by a slightly better rec from my math teacher outweigh the possible loss by submitting two math/science recs and no humanities recs? By the way, I plan on majoring in math or science but am still well-rounded in my grades.</p>

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<p>To your last question, I don't think so.</p>

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<p>Whichever teacher knows you best I would suggest asking for rec's from, disregarding what they teach (as long as its a core learning topic or subject)</p>

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<p>Okay, right now the vote is tied so I'm going to go for a bump for some more advice.</p>

<p>bump</p>

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<p>i'd go for the math teacher, since s/he knows you better. if colleges see that you're well-rounded, they shouldn't care about who you ask for recs, unless they ask for specifics as uchicago and wesleyan did.</p>

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<p>^Unrelated but : ) you have a cool name!</p>

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<p>I'm usually annoyed when people do this, but shameless bump.</p>