Reference letters for MIT. Question for Evaluation A please?

[Ayouchi]

<p>Is it better to have Evaluation A filled by a math teacher or is it the same if another teacher (Physics in my case) fills it? I mean would this put me in a disadvantage? </p>

<p>And what do you think would be best? The math or physics teacher?</p>

[CalAlum]

<p>The best person to write your letter is the person who knows you best and can write the strongest letter. Whether it’s math or physics is not really important. You can find examples of letters that MIT considers weak, mediocre, and strong here: [MIT</a> Admissions | Info For Schools & Counselors: Writing Evaluations](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/schools/writing_evaluations/index.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/schools/writing_evaluations/index.shtml).</p>

<p>Often the teacher who can write the strongest letter is a teacher who has written strong letters in the past for students admitted to top schools like MIT. If you are attending a school from which no student has ever been admitted to a top-tier university, then you might consider printing up the information from the link I’ve posted and sharing it with the teacher who is willing to write a strong letter for you. It will be an eye-opener for the teacher who has never written such a letter before.</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>Just to add emphasis to CalAlum’s great post: There’s no advantage to having a certain type of teacher write your letter of recommendtion – any teacher who teaches a math or science subject is fine, and there’s no preference for teachers of one subject over another.</p>

[Ayouchi]

<p>Ok thanks.
I have another question though. I am an international student so my teachers are not fluent in english and cannot fill the official MIT evaluation forms. Is it equally good if they write their evaluation on a piece of paper (my school has no evaluation form of its own)?
Ofc i’ll make sure they address the topics mentioned in MIT’s form.</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>From the admissions website, [here](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/index.shtml#teacher]here[/url]:”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/index.shtml#teacher):</a>

It’s okay too for a teacher to submit a letter; we just ask that he/she attach it to our form - with your name and date of birth clearly indicated - and that the letter address the questions on our form.

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<p>And from Matt’s blog, [here](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/some_recommendations_about_rec.shtml]here[/url]:”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/some_recommendations_about_rec.shtml):</a>

If you attend school outside the United States, and have teachers who are not English fluent, this is okay – you can still have them write you a recommendation. They can write in their native language; the letter can then be translated. There are many sources for translation, and one that you may find helpful is an English teacher at your high school. Official translations from agencies are also good. If you send us a translated recommendation, please include both the English translated copy and the original in the native language.

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[Ayouchi]

<p>i thank you</p>

[MITChris]

<p>CalAlum is correct.</p>

[tuangpi]

<p>from my experience, you always go with the teacher the knew you the most… for the social studies one, I was debating between my English and Economics teacher… most students would definitely go with the English teacher because he’s an English teacher and he’s supposed to be good at writing stuffs I know my English teacher well and he likes me too but I feel my Economics teacher knows me better. so, I went with my Economics teacher.</p>