<p>I’m going to ask my dance teacher to write me a recommendation, but I couldn’t find anything on Brown’s website that said what their policy is on extra recommendations. Does anyone know how they would feel about another recommendation?</p>
<p>You can submit another recommendation. Just make sure it’s from someone who knows you and adds something to your application.</p>
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<p>“May I submit additional letters of recommendation?”</p>
<p>“In our experience, the required counselor recommendation and two teacher recommendations provide all we need to make a thoughtful, informed admission decision. Additional letters tend only to echo the observations we already have in hand, so we do not encourage you to seek out extra letters. If, however, someone has unique knowledge of your strengths or accomplishments that would not be addressed in the required recommendations, you are welcome to have another person write on your behalf. Keep in mind, though, that a stack of extra letters will almost never influence an admission officer in a positive way.”</p>
<p>I submitted an extra recommendation.</p>
<p>My D submitted an extra rec letter from her art teacher, because she knew she wanted to concentrate in Visual Art. She felt that it was necessary to supplement her portfolio and her entire application, which included the aforementioned three letters. I would recommend that if you already know (at least for now) what you want to focus on, and it is not covered by the other letters, which should be from more academic subject teachers, then go for it. However, if it’s just another general letter, then it might be excessive. She is currently a third-year VA concentrator.</p>
<p>I submitted an extra letter. My chem and APcalc teachers wanted to submit for me (they had submitted letters for summer programs in the past and offered for college). However, I wanted an additional letter from my English literature teacher to show that I was more than just a math/science nerd.</p>