<p>Is it true that top tier colleges prefer to view recommendation letters by science and math teachers more than other teachers such as those teaching English/foreign language?</p>
<p>Which ones are better?</p>
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<p>No. </p>
<p>However, some schools may not accept recommendations by foreign language teachers, or may require a recommendation by a math or science teacher, and another by an English/History/Language teacher. Be sure you’re aware of the rules each college has regarding recommendations.</p>
<p>whoever likes you more and can genuinly say the most flattering things about you. Just because a teacher teaches science doesn’t mean they can’t be a good writer. But obviously you just want a teacher whom can write well, and write well about you!</p>
<p>You want to choose the teacher who knows you best and can write specifically about why you’d be a great asset to whatever college you’re applying to. As long as the school doesn’t require certain teachers, just pick whoever can write you the best recommendation.</p>
<p>The first thing you should worry about isn’t what subject is taught; its whether the person is going to write you a strong letter of rec. Just because you got a good grade doesn’t mean the teacher is going to write a glowing letter. In the book “The Gatekeepers” in which a reporter for the NY Times followed the admissions committee at Wesleyan (a top LAC) for a year is a real-world example of a bad rec.
This could have been avoided if the teacher had been asked if they would write a strong rec. The student did not get in.</p>
<p>I had my teacher who i have known for 3 years and had class with her for those three years because she knows me best. I don’t know how this year will be without her teaching me.</p>
<p>What classes do you work hard it? what classes do you go to after school for help. Pick the 2 teachers who know you at your strongest and weakest points.</p>
<p>Hi, thanks everybody for replying so quickly…well, I’m thinking of choosing my 9th grade english teacher and my french teacher (who has taught me for four years and has now retired)</p>
<p>Do you think it’s a poor choice to pick a teacher from ninth grade? I do believe that she will right me a good recommendation letter…</p>
<p>These rec letters are for applying to Questbridge National College Match…it says to use teachers from core subjects, so I assume therefore I do not have to accommodate to the specific rules of each college (as member “absent” had responded) and can just choose what teachers I want??</p>
<p>I would not pick a teacher from freshmen year, even sophomore is pushing it. Freshmen year doesn’t hold as much weight, furthermore it’s one year you know them when you aren’t even at your ripest in your high school career.</p>
<p>Core subjects mean non-elective classes that are considered “academic”, which will mean you science classes, social sciences, english, foreign language, and mathamatics.</p>
<p>For questbridge though, I emailed and asked and they said any teacher who knows you well will be fine. Although, I would avoid a fine arts teacher. But in my case, I have a teacher who teaches the students who do this IB 2 year long project program thing. He is the director of that as well as the philosophy class that I have taken, so I asked him to write a recommendation.</p>