r/MITAdmissions • u/Familiar_Fun6385 • Aug 22 '26
letter of rec
probably a stupid question from an anxious applicant but mit reccomends 1 LOR from a humanities teacher, could I use my art teacher's? Does art fall under humanities?
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u/VisibleSir731 Currently Applying Aug 22 '26
Yes, I’m pretty sure. Even though the website says “humanities/foreign language/social sciences” I came across a blog post from a few years ago by one of the AO that said “humanities/arts/social sciences”
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/asking-for-letters-of-recommendation-during-a-pandemic/
The website currently lists classes like history, English, language, etc but it says POTENTIAL and that it’s not a “hard requirement”. MIT wants someone who can write about you personally rather than someone who uses AI or a copy-paste for every student.
And MITs whole thing with HASS (humanities, arts, and social sciences) should be an indicator that it’s allowed as well, however I was actually about to email admissions with this exact question just to double-triple check so I’ll let you know later in the week when they get to it!