Choosing Recommenders

fivesixnineten
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:18:55 +0000

I apologize if this specific question has been exhausted already, but I’m really debating over which teachers to ask for recommendations for the Common App. It asks for two academic teachers, correct, and only three if there are extenuating circumstances?
I know my junior English teacher will write me a fantastic rec, so I’m definitely asking her. But as for the other one, would it be better to ask my French teacher (who I know rather well after having spent ten days this summer on a trip with her) or my Theory of Knowledge teacher (who recently wrote on a paper of mine that he missed reading my essays over break)? I’m really interested in foreign languages; on the other hand, Theory of Knowledge, which is a required class for the IB Diploma that basically is what it sounds like, is my favorite class of all time. I’m worried that having two writing-based recommendations (English and TOK) would be overkill, but I don’t know my math or science teachers as well. Any thoughts? Who are you asking for recommendations?