<p>I am getting one rec from a math teacher and then trying to decide whether to get the other in history or physics. I think both will write great recs, but the physics more so than the history teacher.
I am applying to the very top schools and wondering how much of an advantage it is to have varied teachers (AKA, not two math and science) recs?</p>
<p>Here's what Yale advises for its applicants (sounds like good advice in general):</p>
<p>Who should write my teacher recommendations?
It is important that your recommenders be teachers who can write about your recent academic work in rigorous academic subjects. We strongly encourage students to ask 11th and 12th grade teachers to write for them. Given Yale's extremely competitive applicant pool, it is probably a mistake to ask a favorite ninth-grade teacher to write, or to seek out a coach or chorus director as a recommender unless he or she has also taught you recently in an academic course.</p>
<p>Yale does not specify that the recommendations come from teachers of particular subjects. It is a good idea, however, to have the two letters come from teachers of different subjects. Choose teachers who know you well and who can give us a sense of both your academic and personal strengths.</p>
<p>So would a math and a physics teacher be considered not varied enough? They are two seperate subjects, but math and science tend to get lumped together often.</p>
<p>Math and history would be better</p>