Is it ok to submit 3 Letter of rec?

Transfer Students
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<p>I emailed 3 prof.s and expected to have 2 replies. Now all of them replied me. So what should I do? Will there be a neg impact?</p>

<p>Do I have to submit one of these 3 as a supplementary material?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

2

<p>depends where are you applying to? most school only ask for one</p>

3

<p>Unless the college website states otherwise, my rule of thumb is to send at most 1 supplemental LOR beyond what is required.</p>

4

<p>Thanks. But will a supplemental LOR hurt my chance? How?</p>

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<p>Most ask for two, right?</p>

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<p>One supplemental will not hurt your chances, colleges will either consider it or ignore it. If you send multiple supplemental LORs a college could become wary of your persistence and IMO a tendency to think that you deserve more attention than other applicants. But I’m a very ‘by the book’, ‘follow the rules’ type of person and am pretty hypersensitive to entitlement type issues ;).</p>

<p>The ones D1 applied to required 2 LORs, but that was just half a dozen schools. I think it’s safe to say that 2 LORs is the max, some may want 1 and others none.</p>

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<p>Are they both from instructors? Or 1 from high school counselor, 1 from college instructor? Or 1 from high school counselor, at most 2 from instructors?</p>

8

<p>Instructor Evaluations: come from college profs or TAs, depending on what the school specifies as their definition of instructor. Many schools require 2, but it varies.</p>

<p>Secondary School Final Report: this is written by your HS GC.</p>

<p>Supplemental LORs: can come from anyone, an additional college prof, HS teacher, job supervisor, pastor, etc.</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Where are you applying? I’m applying as a transfer to a number of colleges, and I’ve yet to see one that requires 2 LORs, let alone 1 (for transfers).</p>