<p>Are the above necessary? I did my application via commonapp and did not come across any notificatiosn for such recommendations. Both my teacher recommendations and my councelor ones are more than excellent. However, I was looking through the stat thread of those accepted, and most people had them. Would someone mind shedding some light onto the matter?</p>
<p>I don’t think they hurt you, but if the recommendation is glowing, it can help.</p>
<p>Well of course. There was just such an emphasis put on not sending more recs than required that the supplemental ones didn’t even cross my mind, nor the application. I just had a minor freakout. <em>shrugs</em> Only thing left to do is wait and see.</p>
<p>Noooo, I do not think they want another rec. I was going to send it too but they said it’s not necessary…</p>
<p>^^Yeah, hope4upenn. The decisions were made probably a couple of weeks ago. They spend the last week or so going over the lists, maybe talking over a handful of ‘bubble’ applicants, and finally making sure they have an envelope for each and every applicant whether accepted or waitlisted or rejected. It takes a while to stuff 25,000 envelopes and make sure the letter inside matches the addressee! Nothing any of us could have done in the last 2 weeks could affect our decision either way, short of being convicted of a felony. The die is cast. Good luck.</p>