<p>I was wondering about how important the SUBJECTS of the teacher are?
I am actually probably going to major in Biomed, but I'm thinking of getting recommendation letters from two "humanities" ( e.i. english, social studies, history) teachers.
So should i diversify my recommendation letters by getting one from a humanities teacher and one from a math/science teacher?
Because, I feel like the teachers that know me the best and have a working relationship with me not only inside but outside of school are the humanities ones. So what should i do?</p>
<p>I would definately diversify, some schools will require it anyway.</p>
<p>Well if your math/science teachers absolutely hated you, I wouldn’t diversify unless they absolutely required it. So I disagree that you should <em>definitely</em> diversify.</p>
<p>What you’re really asking is what’s more important - diversity or quality of the LOR? I’d say that depends: 1) on who’s reading them and 2) how much quality you will sacrifice for the diversity. Unless you read the letters yourself, you can’t know number 2 and you clearly can’t know number 1 so I contend that a definite answer cannot be known.</p>
<p>It is usually a good idea to have one from a hard science/math and another from a humanities. It shows more strength across the board.</p>
<p>agree with dshinka.</p>
<p>I had 3 - math teacher, orchestra director, and spanish teacher.</p>
<p>So would 3 be better off for me then?? - 1 english, 1 academic team, and 1 math?</p>
<p>*The academic team one was the other of the original 2 “humanities” teachers I was speaking of. Although this teacher has not taught ME a class, he/she is a director of the academic team.</p>
<p>You should seek out recommenders who can point out your frailities but will couch
them in positive terms. Your choice of major is immaterial at most schools except those
that have specific requirements on which subject-teachers should give you reccs.</p>
<p>OP, I had a humanities and a science teacher write mine. The Science teacher’s
recc. was outstanding (saw it end of my senior year), the humanities one pointed
out all my frailities ( I am a Science/Engg person with a strong liking for the humanities).
The combination I think helped the credibility of my overall app tremendously (getting
a dousing with cold water and a real hot recc).</p>
<p>What about this for an economics/mathematics major:</p>
<p>1) AP Eng language teacher
2) Spanish teacher
3) Citigroup supervisor</p>
<p>Remember to highlight different strengths. </p>
<p>For example, it would be okay if both your math and English teacher focused on how active you were, but better if your English and history teacher highlighted different aspects of you as a student.</p>
<p>So, although it’s important to diversify classes, remember the importance of displaying yourself as multi-faceted as a student in your talents and qualities…if that makes sense.</p>
<p>Language, Mathematics and Science/Humanities</p>