<p>I'm applying regular decision and I have a couple of questions. I know some of my questions are trivial, but Chapel Hill is my first choice.
1) I got a recommendation from my foreign language teacher who has taught me for 4 years and loves me and a supplemental recommendation from my girl scout leader. Should I try to get a second recommendation from another teacher or is this enough?
2) For my short essay I did topic 6 (What is the best advise you have ever given and received?) and for my long essay I was going to do topic 7 (the one where you can use an essay from a different school). The problem being is that for the long essay I was going to use my common app's topic of choice essay. Is this ok to use for the long essay even though it is a topic of choice?
3) I know so many people ask questions about this, but is like 290 words ok for the short essay?
Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I would keep it to two recs. I did the same thing for the essay…I used the common app free choice essay. Also for word limit…I was about 200 words over the limit for both essays. I applied ea and get my decision Jan 30th. But what I did obviously impressed them because I recieved a likely letter. Good luck!!!</p>