<p>All right,</p>
<p>I'm getting my two teacher recommendations from my history teacher and English Language teacher. These two subjects are generally my areas of strength and both teachers like having me around. My apush teacher wrote my recommendation for my summer program and I know that I can count on my English Language teacher because she knows that I like to interact in class and show consistency.</p>
<p>My concern is that I'm not showing any strengths in math or science; it's just not my area. I know both of my recommendations can be exceptional. However, is it generally bad to have focused recommendations? Again, I think this comes down to diversity vs. focus. I'm pretty focused on what I want and I tend to disregard the other aspects like math and science. Is it taboo to have no math/sci recommendations?</p>
<p>I'm applying to Georgetown, Notre Dame, and Univ of Chicago. Perhaps this will help. Thank you!</p>
<p>My recs were from my English and History teachers as well. Strength of rec is far more important than any perceived difference in ‘diversity’.</p>
<p>I got into Harvard and Columbia with a language and an APUSH rec, so it can definitely be done. (From a science/math magnet high school, no less!) Two things to watch out for, though. (1) Make sure they’re saying different things. My language teacher could talk about my personal growth, and my leadership skills, and my passion for certain language-related things. My history teacher could talk about my character and how I totally owned his class 
it was the bestest most fun thing of my life. If they’re both just generally saying that you’re good at the same academic skill set (like getting a physics and a computer science teacher to write you recs, maybe) and they both have the same precise opinions of your character, that’s not good. Your application shouldn’t be repetitive. (2) Some schools (Chicago this year, but who knows about next year) require a math/science rec and a humanities rec. (Chicago didn’t take language recs even.) I still got in there with my language teacher’s rec as a supplemental and my physics teacher as the science rec. He doesn’t think I’m particularly smart (and thinks I’m a ditz) but he likes me and thinks I’m intellectually curious, so that was good.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t necessarily pick up a math/science teacher if your two best recs really would come from your English and history teachers just so you only have to ask for two recs. Ask for three, and send each school two of them. (Or maybe three, but I think that’s generally not wise. My Latin teacher was my sponsor in national-level competitions, which is why I did it. It may still not have been wise.)</p>
<p>Like others have said, it’s better to have two stellar ones than one stellar/one weak diverse ones. Nonetheless, I think a good amount of schools require or “highly recommend” recs from two different subject areas, so check the requirements for the schools you’re applying to.</p>
<p>Well, English and History are two different subjects, haaha.</p>
<p>Getting reccommendations from non-sci and non-math teachers is perfectly fine. If subjects like english, history, foreign languages, etc. are your strengths, I would actually encourage you to pursue the humanities teachers instead of the hard science teachers.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! Any extra opinions/insights will be appreciated.</p>
<p>Unless a college specifies that they want one math/sci and one hum/soc sci, then you’re fine.</p>