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@Swayam_Jain17
19 answers, 119 votes
 • a year ago •
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Rec Letters

Is it okay if I don't get a letter of rec from a STEM teacher at my school if I am going into the business field.

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@Anonymous123
411 answers, 350 votes
 • a year ago

Hi @Swayam_Jain17!

It looks like you don't have any STEM teacher who knows you well enough. Since you're going into business, it might be a good idea to have a letter of rec from a math teacher, but if not, that should also be fine. Remember: quality > quantity.

Hope this helps!

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@Swayam_Jain17a year ago

@Anonymous123 do you think 3 teacher letters and one counselor letter is too much or is it ok

@Anonymous123a year ago

Depends on how many letters the schools you're applying to require. I submitted 4 letters to one school and 0 to another. Though I was only able to see one of them (which I had to upload on the portal), I'm 100% sure even the other 3 were great.

[🎤 AUTHOR]@Swayam_Jain17a year ago

@Anonymous123 I’m not certain about all of them since my list isn’t finalized but I might just get 3 teacher ones cause it can’t hurt right

@Anonymous123a year ago [edited]

It won't hurt

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@lrgdaman
9 answers, 37 votes
 • a year ago[edited]

Yes, you want your letters of recommendation to be from teachers that know you well. It would be better to have an outstanding rec letter from a STEM teacher that knows you well than have a generic rec letter from a business teacher that doesn't know you very well. The purpose of a rec letter is to demonstrate to colleges what you are like in the classroom and what you are like as a student from a teacher or mentor's perspective.

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@Swayam_Jain17a year ago

@lrgdaman I don’t have a good STEM teacher that knows me as well I got my AP gov teacher who knows me well and my AP World teacher who know s me well bith inside and outside of school. I was thinking about my AP Lang teacher who knows me pretty well

@lrgdamana year ago

That's totally ok. It sounds like your AP Government teacher and your AP World teacher would be strong options for your rec letter.

[🎤 AUTHOR]@Swayam_Jain17a year ago

@lrgdaman Do you think having 3 teacher rec letters and 1 counselor rec letter is too much or is it ok?

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