Recommendation from Theater Professor?

pencilinablender
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:52:23 +0000

Get the LOR from your Theater professor. Though, alone, it may not be better than a LOR from a Math or Econ professor (considering your major and all), it’s better to avoid the redundancy in sending LORs from professors in comparable areas. It will, as your friends have said, make you look more well-rounded.

But, you need to also consider which of these teachers will best speak of your personal qualities, ambitions, etc. If you think you can get an outstanding, broad LOR from a math professor and only a good, but narrow, LOR from your theater professor, go with the math professor (obviously). Also, some schools allow you to send several LORs; so, if you can get excellent LORs from multiple professors, send them all.

One more suggestion: Try writing a pro/con list for each professor. Don’t make a decision right away, but instead think it over for awhile and add to it as you get more input from family and friends (and random CC posters, of course). Not a novel idea but it helps me.