Recommendation Letters

Applying to College
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<p>Hey future CMU applicants/other CC members</p>

<p>Most of my friends at school are getting the recommendation letters from a math/science teacher and a social studies/english teacher. However, my strengths are in the sciences, and I'm quite confident that my physics teacher would write me a better rec than my english teacher (I have already asked my stat/comp sci teacher for a rec). Regardless, who did you guys get your recs from</p>

<p>Sincerely</p>

<p>An incredibly busy/anxious/nervous college applicant.</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that some colleges have different requirements - MIT, Harvey Mudd, and some others require one recommendation to be from the sciences and the other to be from humanities. I did one from my English teacher and one from my calculus teacher because of this…</p>

<p>But if the school you’re applying to doesn’t have any of these requirements then it doesn’t matter. I don’t believe CMU has any of these requirements for who you get your recommendation from so feel free to get two science recommendations.</p>

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<p>I agree, you should make sure you pick the best teacher recommender, not just for the most diverse subjects. Personally i got mine from my Physics and Calculus teacher</p>

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<p>CMU only requires one teacher LOR, the second would be a supplemental:</p>

<p>[Undergraduate</a> Admission](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission < Carnegie Mellon University”>Undergraduate Admission < Carnegie Mellon University)</p>

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<p>I’m not seeing anywhere that says that different schools within CMU ask for more LORs.</p>