What do to about Recs

apply2008
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:46:44 +0000

I’m a rising senior trying to determine which teachers I will ask for recs. I’m applying to a range of top LACs.

Regarding recs, is it better to ask a teacher where his or her academic area is not my speciality but with whom I have a very good relationship, or to ask a teacher whose class I excel in but who does not know me on a very personal level?

I’m trying to decide whether or not to get a rec form my math teacher. She definitely knows me as a person more (she was my teacher for two years) and I get A’s in math, it’s just definitely not my calling or something I will study in college beyond course requirments.

What should I do?