<p>All my colleges only require 1 teacher rec and 1 guidance counselor rec, but I sent in 2 teacher recs and 1 guidance counselor rec. Now that I look at one of the teacher recs I see that although it is positive, it is not very informative and only repeats things that are already on my common app. I really feel that this will hurt my application. Can I ask the colleges to disregard that rec since I already meet the college requirements?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>I would really appreciate it if someone gave me their opinion because I'm becoming really nervous and now I have butterflies in my stomach.</p>
<p>I'm in the same position as you! I'll bump this for someone more informed to help us both out.</p>
<p>I have a feeling that it really won't matter. I mean, don't colleges have administrative assistants (that do not review applications) that file everything correctly for the adcoms? If so, the people deciding whether to accept or deny you would never know. </p>
<p>Also, since your counselors are supposed to mail your recs in for you, the colleges may see it as simply a mistake your counselor made. Nothing on you.</p>
<p>But I'm not 100% sure, so here's a bump.</p>
<p>bluebubbles, I think you misunderstood me. I sent in two different teacher recs from two different teachers but I feel that one of the teacher recs will hurt my chances of getting in because it is poorly written by the teacher. Should I ask that college to disregard or ignore that rec?</p>
<p>Poorly written as in grammar mistakes? If so, then it shouldn't matter as long as you're confident that the letter will be positive. I don't think you have a choice in this situation because telling them to disregard a recommendation letter will induce suspicion- and that's far worst than just a poorly written letter. And besides, any recommendation is a good recommendation. Don't worry about it- it's fine.</p>
<p>i did the same thng..irrespective of whether the college wants 1 or two reco i just send them two...i was under a lot of pressure(so much that i spelled out my name wrong on the form 3 times) and did whatever i did without even thinking</p>
<p>i dunt thnk u shud be that much worried or mail them...
it isnt a negative factor i gues</p>
<p>anyone??</p>
<p>i honestly think it will neither hurt nor help you. </p>
<p>asking them to ignore a rec just seems weird to me. best to let things fall as they may</p>
<p>I don't think it will have any impact. What I've heard on here is that most colleges don't care if they get one extra rec, where they get annoyed is when people send tons of extras.</p>
<p>^^^soooooooooo glad to hear u guys..:)</p>
<p>How do you think the colleges will react if I ask them to do this?</p>
<p>Although the rec is not grammatically incorect, it doesn't give any new insight into me as a student. The rec only relists everything that is already in my application. It lists the clubs that I have been in, my gpa, and my class rank. The rec isn't negative, it doesn't say anything bad about me. Although it neither hurts or helps my application, I feel that it makes me appear bland. </p>
<p>If I explain this to the colleges do you think they would understand? Will they hold it against me for asking them to ignore an extra rec? I am really nervous and would feel a lot better knowing that the colleges will not be judging me based on that rec.</p>
<p>If the other two letters make you seem unbland, then I'm sure colleges will not penalize you. It just shows that the teacher was careless and/or rushed. Don't worry.</p>
<p>Hey, so I just got into Northwestern Early Decision...and I had a similar problem like this, but much worse.</p>
<p>I asked 6 teachers to write recommendations for me, and explicitly told them NOT to send it in, but to send it to my counselor. Then she was going to read it and pick 2-3 of them to send in. Nope, that didn't happen. ALL of them turned their recommendation in!!! I had 6 recommendations turned in when they only required 1 (or maybe just a counselor recommendation...) Anyway, I didn't call...and just let them figure out. I doubt they read them all. They probably picked the ones that I sent with my counselor rec. and disregarded the ones sent in earlier. One generic rec. won't mess you up. If it worries you that much, it also won't hurt you to call. If you call, don't tell them to disregard is necessarily, but rather just explain that you didn't mean to send more teacher recs. than they asked for.</p>
<p>ep1th3t......why does it say Northwestern '14 in your status?
You applied early this year right?</p>