<p>My English teacher won’t write more than 5 recs for me, so I gave my 2nd Dartmouth rec to my physics teacher. How much will that hurt my application?</p>
<p>all your english teacher has to do is make a copy of what she already has written…how much does that take? jeeez</p>
<p>Well if your recommendation is good, then it won’t make a difference because a good recommendation doesn’t just talk about your performance in one subject; it should talk about you as a person. If both teachers wrote about your performance in the sciences and your composite rec (SSR) included stuff on the sciences, then your app will just be a bit redundant.</p>