Sending Recommendations

Applying to College
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<p>At my school, the teachers forward their recommendation to the guidance office. When it comes time to apply, you fill out a form with a) College Applying To b) Address of College c) Include Transcript? d) Include School Report? e)Which recommendations to Send from file.</p>

<p>Great, isn't it?</p>

<p>Well, my question is that some of the schools to which I am applying want one recommendation, while some want two. One will be absolutely and utterly fantastic [this teacher has "begged" me to write my recommendation since sophomore year], the other will be "good/solid". For schools that want two, I will obviously send both, for the schools that want one, what do I do?</p>

<p>Is it better to have one amazing, and just that? Also at some Info Sessions, I have heard (from schools that want one) that if time is a constraint they will just pick one recommendation to read.</p>

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<p>Bump. tencharacters.</p>

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<p>If they want one, just send the best one, imo.</p>

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<p>Many schools will take more than one or two. My son has at least 7 possibilties (he homeschools, so none of them are traditional recs). I wrote to his three ea schools to ask how many he could send. MIT said bring it on! Caltech said no more than four. U of Chicago said three.</p>

<p>Just make sure that each rec can give something interesting and unique. They really dont need a slew of recs that say "student is smart and hard working."</p>