Recommendation trouble...

Applying to College
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<p>So I have this counselor, and he's on leave...so he won't be able to write me a letter of recommendation until after the SCEA deadline of November 1st (I've checked with him and he can't). He said that I could potentially have another counselor write me a recommendation if I wanted to...would it be stupid to have another counselor write my recommendation? I really don't want to miss the SCEA deadline...I don't have any extenuating circumstances that the counselor would have to explain, so...should I:</p>

<p>1) Get a different counselor to write my (less personalized) recommendation</p>

<p>OR</p>

<p>2) Just miss the SCEA deadline and potentially have a lower chance of getting accepted (URM)</p>

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<p>Bumpity bump</p>

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<p>I’m not sure your chances of acceptance would be reduced either way. If you really want to apply SCEA, ask the other counselor to write a rec. Just make sure you give an adequate resume. I don’t see how either counselors’ recs would differ significantly from each other, since the recs will be based on the same info in your resume/transcript.</p>