<p>I personally know an Andover alumni. Should I ask her to write my Andover rec?
thing is, she isn't one of those really successful Andover alumnis. does that matter? my cousin is debating with me and she's saying that would look bad</p>
<p>It wouldn't look bad, certainly, but it might not help hugely. Try it, as an extra. I don't think it would harm you in any way. Just so long as it's personal.</p>
<p>umm i don't know.. i don't think so if the school isn't like.. really proud of her. i think it only works when the person gave a lot of money. it's shady, but this is a private school and they don't get money fomr the government.. they get money from their rich alumni. i think it would look very, very bad because if you're applying for financial aid.</p>
<p>Why would it look bad? It's not as though it's an alumnis that shamed the school. She just didn't happen to become the President. :)</p>
<p>i don't know. because it's like.. if you're applying for financial aid, it just doesn't match up. i don't know.</p>
<p>I'm not applying for financial aid and she's a friend, so it would be a good, personal rec.
Can I send an extra rec? or just those 4 rec forms they gave me?</p>
<p>Yes, you are allowed to send an extra. They don't frown upon that.</p>
<p>How would the extra write the rec?
Do they just write why they reccomend me? typed/handwritten?
sorry for all these questions, I'm just really confused</p>
<p>you know, Msu, they check each reccomendation for veracity because it's an important part of each application. that's why they ask for contact information.</p>
<p>It would be accurate and I wouldn't tell her outright lie about me.
I just thought it would be better because she knows my personality and attitude, while the teachers do not, so it's not all great academic recs. She had experience at Andover, so I was thinking that Andover will think she'd know what she's talking about, capability wise.</p>
<p>It's alumna, not alumnis. :) </p>
<p>I'm sure it wouldn't hurt. There's a saying - "The thicker the file, the thicker the student", but if it isn't just to make your application 'thicker', they won't count it against you even if it doesn't help your case.</p>
<p>i disagree. it looks like you're insecure. if you list like.. everything about you.. they get really bored. they don't have time for it. they have some odd 1600 applicants a year and a month or so to make a decision. plus, they may get caught up and miss important things like grades and personality and recs.</p>
<p>haha i cant even spell it!
i guess if it doesnt hurt, i'll do it
thanks</p>
<p>haha like ur comment prettyckitty</p>
<p>bush mustve been quite intelligent tho, to have gotten into a school like andover</p>
<p>Aw, no, alumnis is better than alumna anyway. :)
I didn't know until we had to review it in fifth grade, eithier. So now I'm completely alumnus-savvy. ^^</p>
<p>it's alumna, not alumnus.</p>
<p>I was saying alumnus as a general term.</p>
<p>As in, we reviewed it so much in fifth grade that I know all the terms for alumni. (alumnia, alumnus, alumni, etc.)</p>
<p>Gosh, I can't spell anything. Really. Whem my sister and I were younger, my dad wanted to have us checked for spelling disabilities.</p>
<p>Aw. Well, prettyckitty, you sound really smart, and you write well.</p>
<p>I like spelling because I'm good at memorizing. I memorized this pi thing for my school, which was fun. I just like assembling words in my head and spelling them out.</p>
<p>alumnia? do you mean alumnae or something?</p>