<p>it says on the stanford site that you need teachers from two academic areas to write recommendations. </p>
<p>if i have a history teacher write one, does an economics teacher's recommendation work as a math?</p>
<p>Both of my recommendations came from Humanities teachers, English and Philosophy. So even if econ doesn't count for math, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to use it for your second rec.</p>
<p>^agree.</p>
<p>Sorry to be asking another question, but does Stanford only allow one supplemental rec at most? or can you photocopy that one optional rec and submit more than one?</p>
<p>I had a rec from a math teacher, a physics teacher, and my supplemental rec was from a math prof at Stanford who was my teacher at Stanford Math Camp. </p>
<p>I'd only submit one supplemental rec unless you have a REALLY good reason to send two.</p>
<p>They hate extra paper work</p>
<p>is it possible to be able to read ANY type of recomendation from a teacher? or for all of them do you have to "waive the right to view this" or blah blah.</p>
<p>My teachers let me read all of the ones that I received.</p>
<p>If you really want to read you don'r have to waive that right.</p>
<p>sorry another question.
most schools require math/science and english/humanities recs. although stanford says it will take two from math, science, english or humanities, is it generally better to get a one from math/science and another from english/humanities? (even if my strongest recs may come from my math and physics teachers)</p>
<p>I'd just go for the strongest recs. Like I said, I ended up having two from math profs and one from a physics teacher. If you are deciding between a math/science teacher and an english/humanities teacher who would both write equally great recs I'd go for the english/humanities teacher, otherwise just have a math and a physics teacher.</p>
<p>If they are both going to be roughly equal recommendations than I suggest you go for the english/humanities teacher, it shows that you are good in all classes not just the science ones.
On a side note I waived my right on all my recomendation because I personally thought it would look nicer and increase my chances of admission however slightly. Now I wish I could've seen my recs though...</p>
<p>^what would be the logic behind waiving your rights? I don't really understand that process...</p>
<p>It would show that you trust your teacher to right an honest recommendation that you in no way influenced. This is a bit far off but it would also show that you didn't bribe/blackmail your teacher or anything like that. Like I said its a bit far off but I thought that anything that would increase my chances in any way were worth it.</p>
<p>Go for which ever recs are going to be stronger and more personable.</p>
<p>If you read it then won't stanford know something is fishy? and won't that influence their decision for you.</p>
<p>I didn't actually ask to read my letters. My teachers handed them to me instead of putting them in the envelopes I gave them. It was rather nice of them actually.</p>
<p>I seriously doubt that something as small as signing the waiver (which doesn't say you actually read them, but prevents you from reading them in the future) would influence the decisions... and I am pretty sure that being that it is technically a legal right, they can't reject you because you read your letters of rec. I wouldn't worry about it. And if you are that concerned about then sign the waiver. I don't see anything fishy about you seeing the letters, as long as you didn't ask your teachers to see them before hand or opened the sealed envelopes are something.</p>