Letter of Recs USC

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>Hey guys! Is sending 5 letter of recs too many for USC?
1 from counselor
2 from previous employers
2 from school teachers </p>

<p>or should I send 1 from the school teacher and 2 from previous employers, and one from counselor? (total of 4)</p>

<p>Or is 2 from school teachers "better" than 2 from previous employers? </p>

<p>Thanks guys. Any nice suggestions would be appreciated :)
Fight on! </p>

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<p>Wow, that’s a lot of letters… Don’t they only ask for one?</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/components.html”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/firstyear/prospective/components.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The easiest way to “overreach” is to send a lot more than the school asked for. They are scanning through 50,000+ applications and honestly - they don’t have time to read all that extra stuff. One thing my own college watches for is how well students follow instructions. The ones who send a lot of other stuff tend to be easy to decline.</p>

<p>Only what they asked for. Period. Usually teacher and school recommendations/reports.</p>

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<p>No college really cares abotu past employers. afaik. </p>