<p>Ok, Here's the prob. I have 3 teacher recs but cornell only requires one. 2 are good 1 is iffy. Does it help if you send 3?</p>
<p>no more than 5,it is good to have the teacher's write about certian aspects of you, 5 all saying the same thing is not useful and get teachers from different subjects, math, science , english and one from your area of concentration.</p>
<p>I sent in 6 recs: lacrosse coach, volunteer advisor, biology teacher, math teacher (current legislator), Cornell Professor, and Internship Co-Worker. And I got in so dont worry about sending in too many. I really wouldn't do over 6 though</p>
<p>i had 2.... the first was one was an okay one. the second though... it was like 3 sentence. im serious. all he said was like good student well prepared... and i still got in lol</p>
<p>How are you guys allowed to see your recs?</p>
<p>I sent two...I had three, but the third wasn't anything special, so I didn't send it in.</p>
<p>Jason- some teachers let you read them</p>
<p>We had to sign a form that we waived our right to view our recs... I thought that was standard, guess not.</p>
<p>yeah, you're definitely not supposed to be reading the reccomendations... and also, you shouldn't be sending them out, the teacher/coach/person who wrote it or your school should be... haha oh well</p>
<p>you could add the third one and write 'additional rec' across the top of it. that's what my counselor suggested doing when i completed my other RD apps.</p>
<p>i had 4 recs, 1 from an english teacher that was very generic, and the others were really good. but i picked only two to send.</p>
<p>haha oops...i had copies of all of my recs and I put them together and everything. The teachers are mad chill at my school 8-)</p>
<p>Ya there are lots of schools that let you read recs and lots of schools that don't. At some schools it varies even by teacher.</p>