<p>there’s no hard and fast rule. Your linking of “best of my career” type LORs leaves out many other factors that you aren’t privy to. </p>
<p>The best recs share anecdotes.</p>
<p>But the fact is also many recs share about a student and upon reading, the information shows that the student isn’t that viable. You can’t become something you aren’t and neither can a rec depict you as something you aren’t.</p>