who should I get recommendations from

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Hi.</p>

<p>I am applying to summer programs that are about math, engineering, or science.</p>

<p>The two teachers who like me are my physics teacher and my history teacher.
Would it have a negative effect if I got a recommendation from a history teacher?</p>

<p>Should I get a recommendation from a tutor? He runs this pro tutoring place that not many people know of...</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>Get recs from the teachers that like you the most, no matter the subject.</p>

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<p>Some programs specifically ask for math and science teachers (SSP, RSI, WTP etc). If you are unsure, you should email the director.</p>

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<p>A lot of programs recommend getting teacher recommendations from certain subjects, but don't mandate it, while some specify. But it'd be pointless to get a req from a math teacher who barely knows you, or you don't like yourself so...</p>

<p>Also, I don't know if a tutor can be considered a teacher for such recommendations.</p>

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<p>I don't know about your school, but for ours at least, there is kind of a general consensus of "who writes good recs" and who doesn't - even if they like you. Only a handful of teachers a) are actually experienced enough to know what strong points to highlight, b) will take the time effort to write a well-written recommendation.</p>

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<p>The situation's the same at my school, but those are also the ones that get bogged with more recommendations in general. It might be a good idea to start thinking about college recs now, and if there's a teacher that you want to get a college rec from, consider getting your summer program rec from there as well. That way they have experience/ will have more time to really write you a good college recommendation (:</p>

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<p>For the summer programs, the recommendations ask for different things. I know this guy who is a senior right now and he applied to 27 colleges and got recommendations from 3 teachers. </p>

<p>For college recs, does the teacher write just one and you mail it to how many colleges as you wish?</p>

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<p>For the common app, you can send it to any of the partner universities. But for colleges that run on their own form, ex. Columbia or Georgetown, you'll need that to be specified.</p>