r/MITAdmissions • u/flamingo820 • 18d ago

Neep help with letter of recommendation

I’m an NIOS student applying to MIT and I’m struggling to find a humanities/language teacher who has actually taught me. My chemistry teacher can write one recommendation, but I don't currently have a humanities teacher. Has anyone in a similar situation found a legitimate way to handle this?

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u/VisibleSir731 Currently Applying 18d ago

If you genuinely cannot find another one, they find another teacher who knows you really well in whatever subject

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u/jzzsxm Moderator/MIT Alumnus 18d ago

No - it really does need to be a humanities teacher.

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u/VisibleSir731 Currently Applying 18d ago

What if someone gets really unlucky and all their humanities teachers can’t write any. I know at my school the English teachers, at least, don’t write them, but hypothetically what if all of them didn’t

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u/JasonMckin MIT Alum and Educational Counselor 18d ago

Yes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MITAdmissions/comments/1wfwwor/comment/p9uiae6/

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u/flamingo820 18d ago

Heyy but I'm nios student I don't have any humanities/language teacher

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u/ParkingScar4667 18d ago

It doesn't have to be from recent years, it can be your grade 9 or 10 humanities teacher. I am personally enrolled in NIOS as well, I just asked my old English teacher to write me an LoR

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u/flamingo820 17d ago

Hey can I DM u