Does a PLTW-biomedical science teacher count as a core science teacher?

AlmostThere2018
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 22:00:26 +0000

In our district PLTW is a career and technical course so you’re right it’s not core. I think the program is known well enough that admissions folks will know it’s not core science. You should not ask him/her to put that as it’s unethical and won’t reflect well on either of you.

So unfort., I think the answer is you need to find another core teacher for a rec, but you should ask your school’s guidance counselor. You could also ask the college’s admissions rep for your region to see if they would consider PLTW teacher as a core teacher (but I’m guessing not).

I do realize it’s late to find another teacher for a recommendation, esp. if you’re applying ED. You guidance counselor might be able to help advocate for you with another teacher if you need someone to write another letter.

Others may have different viewpoint on this.