<p>My DS's recs are from his physics and comp sci teachers, two of his strongest classes. However, he needed one from a humanities teacher so he got that as well (history teacher that he did well in his class). My question is, for Brown, is it better to emphasize his "well lopsidedness" and go for physics and comp sci, or get the history one instead to show that he does well in that, too? Or are we overanalyzing this? Any other insight about Brown would be welcome, too! Thanks. (I also posted on the Colleges site)</p>
<p>We sort of puzzled about this too. (MIT having required the humanities teacher.) He ended up just using the one from science, one from humanities for all his applications. Did it help or hurt? Who knows. He got rejected from MIT, accepted at Harvard. His application for the most part screamed "I am a computer nerd!" so I felt it might help to have a non-science teacher who liked him. He didn't apply to Brown. I think colleges like Brown have room for both the rounded and pointy kids. What would be best is the person who writes the best recommendation - but unless you get to see them, you can't really know who that is.</p>
<p>Yes, we'd love to see them! Thanks for sharing your experience.</p>
<p>My D is at Brown, and she is a Visual Arts concentrator (major). Her recs were from Math, English, and Art teacher. The last was spectacular, and since she was interested in art, we added that one, even though they only asked for two. I would agree that humanities rec would be better than two science-y/math ones. Just because Brown likes well-roundedness. They probably like "well-lopsidedness" too, but if everything else is excellent, then send the humanities. Of course, they also like when students are driven by one passion. Who knows? There is no way to second guess what the ad com is looking for, and whom they will accept. Do your best and hope for the best. That's all you can do. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks much franglish. Glad your D's happy there.</p>