<p>Guess there is no way to hide it since harvard has a supplementary rec form thing…
Out of experience…how do you know if a teacher thinks you are good and want to rec you to univ?</p>
<p>^Harvard had a supplemental rec form?</p>
<p>Don’t they? =O</p>
<p>^oh nvm. MAJOR QUESTION: I just saw it on the teacher rec form that it HAS to be from an academic subject like english science or math?! I want my accounting teacher and music teacher to do it for me…does this mean I can’t?</p>
<p>are they teaching you that at school? (accounting, etc)</p>
<p>yupp, i’m definitely hoping for accounting…i can understand not asking my music teacher, since before i thought it’ll be a letter and not a form to fill out :@</p>
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<p>Fatum – if the teacher recommendation form says that the recommendation has to be from a teacher who taught you in an academic subject then yes, the teacher who writes your recommendation has to have taught you in an academic subject, and no, you won’t be able to use a recommendation from a teacher who taught you in accounting or music.</p>
<p>I don’t meant to be rude here but you are aware of how hard it is to get into Harvard aren’t you? Their acceptance is less that 1 in 10 for U.S. applicants and even lower for international applicants. Every year they reject applicants who have perfect test scores and graduated from the top of their class.</p>
<p>Thanks Pea, I’ll look for other teachers.
As to your second comment, I am definitely aware of how hard it is to get into Harvard, and I know that the odds are against me. But I don’t know why you mentioned this though?</p>
<p>I think he’s saying that since you don’t see yourself as a strong applicant, you probably can’t gain admission over those who are.</p>
<p>Judging from your earlier posts I wasn’t sure if you did. Sometimes internationals don’t realize how hard it is to get in, that’s all. I think anyone should apply who wants to, but it is good to understand what the odds are because in applying you will be making an investment of time and money and energy.</p>
<p>Just out of curiousity, which post gave you this impression? I want to make sure that I’m not “overly confident” like I seemed to suggest. =)</p>
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<p>From the first post, yes, this is what the teacher recommendations look like for people who attend Harvard. The math, science and english teachers for people who are at Harvard describe these students as some of the best they have ever seen.</p>
<p>From the second post you seemed surprised the teacher recommendations has to be from academic classes. I didn’t know this about Harvard, but it doesn’t surprise me. They want to see that you can get a glowing recommendation from your math, science and english teacher. Music and accounting is important, but what they really want to know is are you the best at the fundamentals of an education.</p>
<p>DwightEisenhower’s second post read</p>
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<p>So I read that and wondered why he got into Harvard. Someone else asked him that exact question and he replied</p>
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<p>That’s why he got in. Those are amazing test scores, he was valedictorian at his school while taking AP classes and I suspect his activities were impressive also. He’s just very modest.</p>
<p>Most people at Harvard are not there by luck, they are in some way like DwightEisenhower. It’s the whole package, the class rank, the test scores, and then some extra-curricular that make them really stand out.</p>
<p>I just wanted to make sure you knew how hard it is to get in because I wasn’t getting that vibe. As an international you might not have known. If you want to apply then I think you should.</p>
<p>Thank you very very much! 
It’s true I was rather surprised by those teacher recommendations. This thread was initially created when I thought teachers were supposed to write an entire letter on your behalf. That was why I wanted my accounting and music teachers because I’m sure they have many anecdotes about my leadership experiences. But now I realized that it’s a form, I was a little surprised. XD</p>
<p>I noticed though, on the bottom of the form was a space for additional info, so is that the place the teachers tell the anecdotes?</p>
<p>I saw one of my teacher recs. It was about 3/4s of a page in length, and mostly talked, in a very specific manner, about my personality and capabilities. No anecdotes. There was no “best in career” but there was a “after blah years teaching, I can say that Millancad is special.” I thought it was amazing :D.</p>
<p>About being embarrassed, I know what you mean. I wasn’t too embarrassed about H, since that seems humanly attainable to me, but I thought the idea of me applying to MIT was crazy. I was especially embarrassed because the father of one of my two rec-writing teachers went to MIT, which somehow made it worse. But people are nice to you, at least while you’re there. And you’re asking the teachers who have the highest opinions of you. In my case, they think I’m smarter than I am. Now my Calc and Physics teachers, I’d be mortified to have had to ask them.</p>