<p>If I'm also strong in science (which appears on my resume), would it be okay to have two humanities teachers write my letters? They teach English and Economics and know me very well.
Also, is Economics a core enough subject?</p>
<p>By the way, I'm applying to the most selective colleges.
Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Economics is social studies and is a core class. English is a different type of core class, so it sounds like you are asking for recs from teachers in two different core areas which is good. Some schools ask particularly for one rec from Math/Science, and if that is your situation or if you are applying to science or engineering programs, you’d be well served to have a teacher from one of those subjects recommend you. Otherwise, you should be fine with these two as you have planned.</p>
<p>Thanks, griffen. I’m not sure what subject I’m going into, but I’m not applying to any engineering/technical colleges. </p>
<p>Also, what do you think about having more than two teachers and a counselor write letters? Will schools get annoyed or think I don’t know how to follow directions if I send more?</p>
<p>Most schools say that you can send additional letters, but only do so if you really really feel that it is necessary and if your application would not be complete without it</p>
<p>The extra rec decision is a tough call. I agonized about it for a long time and finally I decided that since my debate coach/speech teacher really gets my personality in a way my core teachers don’t, it’s important for his opinion to be represented. So, I’ve added him as an additional recommender to all my schools. To put this in context, I’m applying only to top LACs and some CTCLs and by the time I apply I will have met all my adcoms in person. Because of that I feel relatively confident that that the extra rec will get read and won’t be too annoying. But, whether to send an extra rec is a case by case thing and you might wind up with a different conclusion.</p>