<p>I have an incredible letter of recomendation from a family I worked for (incidently the father is a top attorney, surprise, surprise). Should I submit that as my optional reference or as an additional letter of recomendation? </p>
<p>I ask because I have the letter from earlier in the year, but the optional reference is supposed to be submitted from the people who write it.</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>What do you aim to achieve by submitting a rec from this lawyer? To highlight you character? Commitment? Depends on the nature of your job and how exactly that rec complements your app and who you really are!</p>
<p>Oh the lawyer thing was random...Until he wrote the letter I hadn't the faintest idea that he was an attorney...</p>
<p>All of the above. I've worked with their family since I was 12. Babysitting, house sitting, that kind of stuff. I taught piano to their kids for a bit as well. I usually worked at their place 10 or so hours a week, so we were well aquainted. I had numerous discussions about everything under the sun with the father, so he also understands my reasoning and stuff... </p>
<p>It's really mostly a character and ability letter now that I think it through. The employment is just the warrent for it all...</p>
<p>Additional rec vs. Optional rec... does that mean you can send more than 2 recs without using the optional rec form?</p>
<p>I don't know about the regular applications, but since mine is non-traditional they allow it...</p>