I have three teacher recommendations, and I want to have two be my required, while the third as a “supplement”.
However, I heard that some schools only take a maximum of two teacher recommendations, so I’m trying to find out whether the schools I’m applying to have such a requirement. I’m trying to look on their websites individually, but it is quite difficult, and sometimes ambiguous.
Would you help me out, please? Thanks in advance!
Here is my list:
Princeton University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Yale University
Cornell University
Stanford University
California Institute of Technology
What makes you think you need three teacher recommendations? If you are sending in extra recommendations (if a school even allows it) much better that it come from someone who can speak to how you worked out in a job or as a volunteer.
In two seconds of googling I figured out that Stanford specifically says that you can have one extra recommendation letter NOT FROM A TEACHER. I googled “Stanford university recommendation letter.”
I apologize for being snarky, but if you can’t figure out this stuff, are you sure you are prepared for university?
Two teacher recommendations is plenty. If you send a third recommendation it should be from someone who knows you in a different way and can speak to a different part of your personality such as a boss, chaplain, coach etc. And yes, it is your responsibility to look at the requirements/maximums for each school you apply to and abide by those.