<p>Do some stand out from others? Like, would a letter of recomendation from an Alumni and a teacher and a guidence consuelor be better then two teachers and a consuelor? Do alumni recomendations hold any higher value then others, or do any type hold a higher value for that matter?</p>
<p>I think they know that people get alumni recs to try and get an upper hand. I'd only get one of those if the person knew me well enough to write a good rec if said recommender would be one I'd ask regardless of which school he/she graduated from.</p>
<p>Do the recs at Cornell have a great influene in the decisions of being accepted?</p>
<p>I took that course that Adam said.... I had 2 teacher recs and 1 guidance counselor rec. However, I was in a mock trial club in my school for two years with the advisor being a Cornell alumna so I asked her to write an alumni rec to help me. Well it worked! :D</p>
<p>I think that people underestimate how much a letter from an employer can help your cause. If you have a clear idea of what you want to major in and you've done research, internships, or any type of work experience, Cornell would be happy to see that in addition to the teacher recommendations. I know of people who applied ED to Hotel with alum recs and got rejected.</p>
<p>See it worked out well for me because my guidance counselor is a Cornell alumnus. </p>
<p>However, alumni letters don't have as much bearing as some may think. Like, if this alumni doesn't know you well academically, then it wouldn't help much. Regardless, you still need your two teacher recs.</p>