<p>Does Harvard prefer if you have recommendation letters from different subjects? I am planning on asking for recommendation letters from an English (maybe history) teacher and a foreign language teacher; should I ask a Science or math teacher in lieu of one of them?</p>
<p>Their website is clear. Your lang teacher should NOT be one of your primary LORs. Eng is good. Sci or Math is good. Lang is OK for a 3rd supplemental</p>
<p>Thanks for the help. I was just wondering where on their website it talks about the recommendations (I looked and I couldn’t find where it said the language teacher shouldn’t be a primary LOR, the most I could find was “Ask two teachers in different academic subjects who know you well to complete the Teacher Evaluation forms” off an admissions page and “Teachers who know you well and who have taught you in academic subjects (preferably in the final two years of secondary school) typically will provide us with the most valuable testimony. Whenever possible, teachers should tell us about your non-academic interests and personal qualities as well as academic potential.” (from the FAQs).</p>
<p>The reason I ask is because my language teacher is probably the teacher I know the most.</p>
<p>Is it because they do not consider foreign languages as academic subjects?</p>
<p>MIT has a great page for what they are looking for in recommendation letters. Harvard, and all selective colleges, are looking for the same thing:<a href=“How to write good letters of recommendation | MIT Admissions”>http://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/writingrecs</a></p>
<p>Thanks for the link gibby, I know this teacher much better than my math and science teachers, but she is a foreign language teacher. Should I still ask her for a recommendation?</p>
<p>Admissions Directors want to hear from your teachers about your critical reasoning and “English” writing skills – neither of which a foreign language teacher can comment on. So, unless you plan on majoring in a foreign language in college, I would go with another teacher.</p>