Two of the many schools I am applying to require two teacher recommendations each. I was planning to ask my tenth grade Math teacher and my twelfth grade English teacher. Math was an honors course and English was an IB course. However, I want to major in a biology major for both schools. Is it okay if I ask these two teachers even though one teaches English? Out of all the teachers I have had, I think these two teachers have seen my best qualities and I have meaningful connections with both of them. Thanks!
I think it’s fine. My engineering daughter asked a science teacher and history teacher. Go with who knows you best!
If you haven’t already asked these teachers, do it ASAP.
@momofsenior1 I just asked them today. I thought it was best to ask early in the school year so I become a priority earlier. Thank you.
You’re actually fine with this, college look (some may ask) for a non-stem class and stem class for recommendations, along with GC. Go with the teachers who know you best.
@theloniusmonk I thought my English teacher could vouch for my writing skills. But yes, I believe it works out in that sense. Thank you!
My D. is a biology major and her two teacher recs were from a history teacher and her journalism teacher. They knew her best and she knew would give strongest recs. If she’d had a science teacher with whom she had strong relationship she would have used him/her but for various reasons involving new teachers and her schedule, she didn’t.
She had very good admissions results – of course impossible to say if the couple of places she didn’t get it it made a difference, but the advice we got was go with the strongest recommenders.
Maybe for engineering it’d be different, but for bio I think you’re fine.
even for STEM majors it is typically preferable to choose one STEM and one non-STEM teacher for recs if you have good relationships there.