<p>My oldest daghter applied early as a linguistics major and submitted 3 non math/science recs, because her school limited the number of recs per student. She had already asked those teachers for a rec before deciding to apply UC. The school even sent in a letter of explanation.</p>
<p>Although she was a strong applicant and was excepted into harder to get into schools, she was deferred and then rejected from UChicago. She thinks she came off as too much of a language person. It could also be that they expect you to follow simple directions.</p>