Which teacher for rec letter?

Bookworm934
Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:20:54 +0000

Why not ask both? Whenever I’ve asked admission officers, they’ve always replied that they accept three instead of the standard two rec letters.

Chem teacher:
pros: Fondness as a person and student, did well in their class, plan to go into a related field, may gush about you in rec letter because not many ask them (?maybe?), has more experience with knowing what colleges look for
cons: inexperienced in writing rec letter because rarely asked

History:
pros: Knows you better as a person, knows you’re a good student, did well in their class, , has experience with your ECs, because she’s still interacting with you she is closer to being a junior/senior teacher than the chem teacher
cons: May know less about writing effective recs because she’s a younger teacher.

Honestly, I would get both.