Different teacher recs for different schools?

Applying to College
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<p>I was wondering, would it be ok to have different teachers write recs. for different schools? Here are some examples:</p>

<p>UChicago- Chem teacher and Anthro. teacher</p>

<p>Swarthmore- English teacher and Anthro. teacher</p>

<p>Georgetown SFS- Old Global teacher who is my MUN advisor</p>

<p>Obviously, some schools have different requirements (ie. Chicago requires a math/sci rec, G'town only requires 1 rec) but would it be OK to use different teachers for each school to kind of shape your application and give it a focus? Like have different teachers write different recs to stress my interest in anthropology at Chicago and Swat, but stress my interest in IR at G'town SFS? That minute bit of a scientist in me is telling me to limit the number of variables... but the humanist is thinking about how I can present myself in the way I perceive the University would want me presented.</p>

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<p>It is of course fine to do so, but from experience, keep track of what you send where... be neat... because when you're mailing like 10+ applications within a week, it gets hectic, good luck with Georgetown!</p>

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<p>Absolutely! For students applying to 10+ schools, this is often necessary. I know some of my teachers had limits, because they wanted to put effort into tailoring the individual apps.</p>

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<p>One teacher of mine has a limit for ideological reasons -- people apply to too many colleges = lowers acceptance rates = bad.</p>