<p>Should they only be written by teachers? What about my Upward Bound adviser? My piano teacher? My debate coach? </p>
<p>I'm applying to a science major, so should my recs. be from my science teacher and my math teacher, or my science teacher and my English teacher?</p>
<p>Also, is there any info I need to supply my recommender so that they may write a good recommendation? Is there anything they need to know outside of my commitment in the class?</p>
<p>I would say science and English to show you’re well rounded. Hopefully your teachers know you well enough to write about you, but sit down with them for a half hour chat and talk about your passions and ambitions. That may motivate them to write something great. If you want, you could sent extra recs by your coach, etc. but it’s probably not necessary, unless you are a recruited athlete, you’re applying to a conservatory, etc.</p>
<p>If I’m remembering right, it asks that the recs be written by a teacher you had from your sophomore to senior year and that teaches a major academic subject. You can send in letters of support (I think) but having one from your piano teacher might be overdoing it a little. </p>
<p>I would say pick the science teacher, and then the teacher that knows you best. In the end it’s not really about the subject but how the teacher sees you as a student. Definitely sit and talk with them though, so they know more specific things about you, like goals, how you think you’ve improved, etc.</p>
<p>From the recs that I got, I would recommend asking people you think will write well do your recommendations. My science teacher’s recommendation wasn’t well written or that great of a letter even though he knows me well and I do really well in his classes. But a different science teacher wrote me a great one, which I wasn’t expecting. Some schools require recs from science/math and humanities so it’s probably good to get both and hopefully the English teacher writes well.</p>