<p>I know that NYU requires a teacher and a counselor's recommendation.
I am wondering on top of that can I send an additional recommendation letter? The additional recommendation letter is not written by my teacher or counselor, but is a person outside the school who knows me.</p>
<p>yeah i did it...i think its fine if you send one and maybe two extra...but beyond that it can just plain hurt you.</p>
<p>Don't send more than 2 (1 counselor and 1 teacher). If you send more, they will review the counselor review and select 1 other recommendation to read.</p>
<p>they definitely told me they would read all...except if you sent way too many then they would start getting ****ed.</p>
<p>Well, I submitted my counselor recommendation form, and two (2) teacher recommendations (yes, I know NYU said they only want one (1) teacher, but my other teacher was so stubborn and insisted on writing an "excellent" recommendation for me). </p>
<p>Unfortunately, I am applying to Stern, and I interned (paid) in a major NYSE-listed company, and the Chairman of the Board (!) really wants to write a letter to NYU Stern for me. However, am I going to annoy them with all these letters? I know they're all going to be good ones (especially the Chairman's letter), but...</p>
<p>ok honestly i sent in the same and i sent one more from an internship that i did...and i got in ed...so if you know the recommendation is not going to be just a repeat...then go for it!</p>
<p>thanks! that sounds like a good idea, i just didn't want to annoy them by sending in 2 extra ones</p>
<p>If I were you, I would follow the directions. That would probably impress them most.</p>
<p>seashoresideshow has it right. Send what you're asked for, nothing more. Admissions makes it clear that additional materials will NOT be considered during the process.</p>
<p>I sent 2 teacher, 1 counselor, and 1 outside rec. Of course, I have no way of knowing which were actually read, however I did get in. I would send them; worst comes to worst they don't read it, which they won't if you don't send it in anyway.</p>
<p>Sending an extra recommendation won't hurt you, but when I had gone to the NYU open house this year, they said that they're open to receiving them, but don't guarantee that they'll all be read. Also, they mentioned that they really don't care how great your relatives think you are, and that there are only so many adjectives that can describe how great a person is. Make sure that if you send more than the required amount, that they aren't redundant. I had a problem with that as well, because I was getting one from my counselor, an amazing one from my AP U.S teacher, and I had asked my spanish teacher as well (to meet the number of recs needed for other universities). I didn't want to risk NYU skipping over my U.S teacher's rec and reading my spanish teacher's instead (considering she can barely speak english), so I decided to only send my counselor and my U.S history teacher's recommendation. So if you're going to send more than one, make sure that you don't completely prefer one being read over the other, because they may just end up picking the less impressive one to read.</p>
<p>My son applied ED and did not send in any extra recs. He was accepted. If you look at the Q&A forum on the NYU site it specifically says to only send what they request. You might consider just sending in what is requested as they get over 30,000 applications. My bet is they can't read everything so choose the person who'll write the best rec and send that!</p>