<p>Or is that too much? If not, that won't be a problem; I'm just wondering. I haven't asked any teachers yet. Thank you for any answers!</p>
<p>My son had 3 (favorite teacher, Principal, and Guidance Counselor). He was accepted, is now attending, and loving every minute of it. Oh, he even likes his classes.</p>
<p>You can send as many as you want, but they may not read all of them. If you've got really high grades and SAT scores, then the recommendations are pointless...but if you need that extra boost, you might as well send in three recommendations.</p>
<p>I think you're supposed to send in two from teachers & one from the college counselor. My S sent one from his physics teacher, one from his econ teacher & one from HS college counselor. He's loving his freshman year as an engineering student too!</p>
<p>wow, 3? I only sent one, though my friend who saw the teacher writing it said it looked like it was 3 or 4 pages long.</p>
<p>My thinking is, if it's going to be effusive and really makes you look good, then it's worth including it. If it's just going to be the average ("John is mature and responsible...gets high grades and works hard...") then I'm not so sure that helps you any having either 1 or 3.</p>
<p>BTW, I had my AP us history teacher write it. I would not have let my guidance counselor touch my application with a 10-ft pole!</p>
<p>my guess would be that it depends on school policy. for example at my school, everyone is required to get two teachers+a counseler. so, usc will probably get other applicants from your school...and if everyone has 3 recommendations, and you only have 1, they'll probably think that's a little weird! but, if everyone else only has 1 and you have 3, i can't imagine they'd see it as a bad thing.</p>
<p>everyone is "required" to have three recommendations? That's an incredibly stupid rule if I ever heard one. It's your application, you are the one that's in charge of what goes in it. </p>
<p>If my GC had insisted on writing a letter, I would have just not told her where I was applying (actually, now that I think about it, I never told her anyway. She only found out when I was accepted :) )</p>
<p>^not so much required as just school policy. i mean, obviously if you didn't want any...you wouldn't get any. but they make it out like you don't really have an option. many kids from here apply to top schools that recommend 2 teachers at the minimum, and guidance counselers like to do one to comment on the rigor of your schedule, etc.</p>
<p>i think it's a pretty good policy...always better safe than sorry.</p>
<p>I believe I only sent one reccomendation to USC.</p>
<p>just send any "Extra" recommendations with your transcript as supplemental pieces to your app. i have 3 teachers and a GC...it kinda just happened</p>
<p>how many letters or rec are needed</p>
<p>I spent the '06 summer at a highschoolers seminar on campus at USC. They had a 'College Application Workshop.' They said only one is required. Extra help, but only if they are different. They don't want 50.</p>
<p>So three is fine... even if they all say the same thing, you should be fine with three. I can't see how it would hurt.</p>
<p>Our kids' HS counselor suggested we have kids submit 3 recs--one from math/science teacher, one from english/social studies teacher & one from counselor/principal. That's what most kids did for USC & most other apps & it worked pretty well.</p>
<p>I suppose the 3 makes sense then, if it's from those 3 different people (math/sci, english/history, and counselor)</p>
<p>I already had pretty stellar math/science stats, and like I said my counselor's grimy hands were going nowhere near my app, so I rounded it out with a rec from the history teacher and it worked out.</p>
<p>All right; thanks for all the help guys! :) It is appreciated.</p>
<p>uhh i sent in 5.. is this going to hurt me?? haha hope not.. 3 teachers, one advisor, and the president of the PTSA, they all know me very well..</p>