Who should I ask for rec?

Applying to College
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<p>So, I have four potential teachers.</p>

<p>I want to major in English. I'm applying to University of Washington, UCLA, Boston U, American University, Colgate University, and University of Virginia.</p>

<ol>
<li>English teacher (this is a definite must; she's my Extended Essay mentor, too)</li>
<li>Math teacher (he's pretty laid back, but he's really easy to talk to and he's written me a recommendation before)</li>
<li>Technical guy at school; he's in charge of our school's broadcast news, and yearbook, and all this technical stuff. If you need some help with sounds and anything technology-related, this is the guy to go to. (I just got to know him back in May this year; however, I think he knows me as a pretty diligent worker).</li>
<li>Counselor (I've been in contact with her since my freshman year of high school. She's been there with me through thick and thin. She's guided me and helped me in times of hardships).</li>
<li>Coach (I've been under his care for 3 years. He was laid off this year, however, so he won't be our school's golf coach anymore. However, he and I have really gotten close in that he really knows what my personality is like and such).</li>
</ol>

<p>So I need one for UW, which I'm thinking of asking my English teacher.</p>

<p>I need two for UCLA, one of which is probably going to be my English teacher.</p>

<p>I need two for the common app, and once again, I'll probably ask my English teacher again; or is this a bad idea because I'm asking her to resubmit her recommendation so many times?</p>

<p>Thanks guys!</p>

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<h2>I need two for UCLA</h2>

<p>Who keeps telling people that the UCs require recommendations, I do not know. They don’t need or even want any.</p>

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<p>UW does not require recs, infact I don’t think they even look at them…the standard for most recs is one teacher and one counselor (some schools REQUIRE a counselor) so I would go with that. In addition most schools are turned off by over 3 recs</p>

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<p>For the CA schools, only your English and Math teachers qualify to send ‘academic teacher’ recs. Your GC will send the ‘GC’ rec. The technical guy and coach are OK for ‘supplemental’ recs, but not for the main academic teacher recs.</p>

<p>It doesn’t matter how many schools you ask a teacher to do recs for, the will just copy their letter onto the appropriate form. Just make sure you supply your teachers with all of the correct information they need to make their job as easy as possible.</p>