<p>I've heard that you need one math/science rec and one english/ss rec, but on the school website it just says to get two teachers who have taught in an academic class.
So do i need one rec from a math/science and one from english/ss, or can I just get my apush and english teacher to write recs?</p>
<p>Give these forms to teachers who know you well and can write about your strengths as a student. We require two recommendations from teachers who have taught you in an academic subject. All high school counselors and teachers have the option of submitting letters of recommendation and school forms online via the Common Application. High school counselors and teachers should follow the instructions on the Common Application for submitting these forms. Teachers and counselors may print out and submit these forms on paper even if you submit your application online.</p>
<p>The math/science, english/ss rule is outdated; it used to be that way, but now it’s not. From what I hear in the Admissions Office, it’s still good to show breadth in your recommendations. Though don’t sacrifice the quality of your recs to satisfy a requirement that’s not really a requirement.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, they changed this last year about a week before the deadline for EA applications. Some people were a little annoyed, because we already got our recommendations (one from a math/science teacher and one from an english/language teacher), and it was too late to change them.</p>
<p>Unless they’re being intentionally misleading, you’ll be fine with just asking your APUSH and English teachers. If they tell you otherwise, just cite that page.</p>
<p>that’s funny, last year when I sent an email asking them under which “category” a rec from my ap macroeconomics teacher would fall under, they said they’d accept it for a humanities but NOT a science rec - and they sounded pretty adamant about it. </p>
<p>I guess if they did change it last year I just didn’t hear about it. <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>Though to be fair, I was still a high school senior who was super-anxious about college admissions. In hindsight, it’s kind of funny that I worried about something like this. APUSH and English sound find to me now. UChicago may have counted AP Macro as a humanities course, but it was definitely more of a science - written assignments were only a component of the class at all because my teacher chose to add them in. None of this turned out to be a problem.</p>