Two recommendations from same subject?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I'm currently applying to MIT and Caltech and both of them want one humanities and one math/science recommendation.</p>

<p>For the math/science recommendation, I'm not sure which teacher to ask. I want to major in math, so my math teacher would be a good choice. But I participated in a summer math program and would like the math professor in charge to write me a supplementary recommendation. I feel that the professor can say things that my math teacher cannot, but at the same time my teacher can also say some things the professor cannot (leader of math team, known him for three years, etc.).</p>

<p>Is it bad to have two recommendations from the same subject? And I know that the colleges want supplementary recs to include new information. Would doing this be repetitive?</p>

<p>I also have chemistry and physics teachers at my school who I feel know me pretty well. Should I ask one of them instead?</p>

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<p>I actually asked my counselor a very similar question this morning. He told me that it is better to have 2 really great recs from 2 teachers in the same subject area than 1 really great and 1 okay one. You will already have a rec from another subject area (for the humanities req) so if you feel that your math teacher will write you a better one than your science teacher, go for it. And if you think the other math professor will add to it, go for it. I think it can only help!</p>

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<p>Thanks SpringAwakening. :)</p>

<p>Does anyone else have any opinions?</p>

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<p>If you feel like these are your best two options, go right ahead for it.</p>