<p>Do you think a recommendation by a college professor that I worked with over the summer will increase the chance of getting admitted to a college?</p>
<p>Colleges typically as for recommendations from two core academic high school teachers, and of course your GC. Extra recommendations rarely help – the colleges ask for what they want, and don’t want a lot of extra paper to review. They have thousands of applications. The main circumstance under which I would send that would be if the professor teaches at or is a graduate of one of the schools you are applying to, and then only to that school. IF another school on your list says they welcome additional recommendations, then you could send it to them as well. Although if the prof tailors it to the school he attended/works at (you can ask him to), then it isn’t really re-usable for other schools…</p>
<p>@intparent I think my professor is tailing it to one specific school but he never attended that school.</p>
<p>If he didn’t attend or teach there, and the college does not specifically say additional recommendations are welcome, then I wouldn’t send it.</p>
<p>@intparent The college says “You may submit an additional recommendation letter via the Common Application “Other Recommender” section.”</p>
<p>anyone else?</p>
<p>bump.</p>
<p>No one seems to want to offer the opposite advice, an. </p>