DD is working on her Emory application in the Common Application. She thinks it requests 3 recommendations, but allows up to 8. That seems like a lot to me so I thought I would ask here. How many recommendations did you submit? If more than 3, from whom? Also, why did you send more than 3? If she has simply misunderstood, feel free to say so. I have not looked at the application myself but I will before it is submitted and also before any additional recommendations are requested.
You need 2 teacher recs and a guidance counselor recs and yes you can submit more. My son submitted 3 (in addition to the GC rec), 2 teachers and the director of the camp he has attended (and now works at) for the past 10 years. I cannot imagine a situation where you’d submit as many as 8.