4 recommendation letters...too much for Cornell?

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<p>Hey everyone.</p>

<p>I'm a junior applying ED to Cornell next year and I'm getting all of my recommendation letters together right now. Currently there are 4 teachers writing me a letter. These include: three letters from teachers and one letter from my guidance counselor.</p>

<p>Are four letters too many?</p>

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<p>They require two teachers and one guidance counselor, so you're doing one more than what is required/recommended. I'd just stick to following instructions...</p>

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<p>I did 5 - 4 teachers and 1 guidance counselor. I got into ILR</p>

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<p>That is fine, make sure your teachers aren't all of the same subject, its no use to have 3 math teachers saying how great you are at math, they would be able to get that out of one.</p>

<p>Also more teachers doesn't make your application any better if all teachers say the same thing. Make sure these teachers know you well enough so that they can give in depth info beyond you are a hard worker and the like. </p>

<p>Just make sure you keep the variety, for example 1 from a science, one from a social science (history, govt, english), and if you are on a sports team maybe one from a coach, and if that coach was also a teacher at one point that would be even better.</p>

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<p>its fine, just make sure they mean sometime. I had the 2 teachers and counselor as required.</p>

<p>I also had a letter from my employer/taekwondo instructor, and a letter from a professor of mine at "nerd camp" who, unsolicited, offered to praise my leadership, etc. so i couldn't in my right mind say no to that haha.</p>

<p>and then 2 alums filled out "alum reports" for me cause they like me ;)</p>

<p>so I had 2 extras basically.</p>

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<p>I did an extra one too, you'll be fine. The more the better, as long as they're all good recs.</p>

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<p>but too many is redicoulous. if you have 3 extra and they all show something extra and different about you, that is ok, however</p>

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<p>You're A Freaking Junior!!! What Do You Have To Worry About?</p>

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<p>Woaaaa, this thread was from quite awhile ago. I'm a senior THIS year. At the time, yes, I was a junior, and yes, I was starting to ask teachers for recs, thus giving them the whole summer to complete them.</p>

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<p>lol, this is funny, he already mailed everything in too, so forget it :)</p>