What is important in a teacher recommendation?

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I have 4 recommenders to choose from for college. Help me pick 2!

Teacher 1: Sophmore history teacher and sports coach. Knows me the best/jokes with me all the time, but is only an okay writer.

Teacher 2: junior english teacher. Thinks I am a good kid and student, but we aren’t super close. Excellent writer.

Teacher 3: junior math teacher. He is super nice and an excellet writer. We are okay close, but I’m not a mathematical genius.

Teacher 4: junior science teacher. this is the field I want to go into. He knows how smart I am, and I am close to best in career here. But he doesn’t know me to well as a person, not too close. Good writer.

HELP ME CHOOSE! thanks so much everyone!

More about me: impression as a semi-quiet smart kid until you get to know me, then I joke alot obnoxiously but wittily.

2

Thou shalt not judge your teachers!

just send three or four recommendations.
many colleges “require” 2 recommendation but “allowed” number is 2~4.

oh 2011

3

Submit them all, you are allowed to and you already have them so this will not negatively impact you. Why not go for it!

4

Junior science and sophomore history…be safe and stick to 2…unless you bring some unique benefit to your classroom setting in all of your classes, I wouldn’t bother asking so many teachers, they may become redundant, with little variation. Also, I would consider what you’re interested in majoring in, and maybe make some choices depending on that. You’ll get an amazing letter of rec from your junior science teacher on your abilities, and a good one from your history teacher about your personality, and so you’re all set :slight_smile:

5

I would say 1 and 4. That gives the personal and intellectual side.

6

You typically dont want to send all four, it makes you look paranoid and/or compulsive.

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I agree to be careful about sending all of them, you never know if they’re going to be pressed for time and only get to two of them. You want to try to control what they see as well as you can.