<p>So after looking at the Yale website, it looks as if Yale will ALLOW supplementary recommendations, but they really only want to see one if it adds "substantially" to your application.</p>
<p>The letter I was thinking of would be from a professor that I had in a math class for three weeks. However, this was a college class I took as a rising senior, and I was basically the only high school kid there. I also think I conveyed how much I loved math to him much better than I had my high school math teacher. I do feel like he would write me a better recommendation than my high school math teacher, but given that I only had him for 6 weeks over the summer, do you think this is satisfactory for me to send to Yale? Thanks!</p>
<p>p.s. I already applied early to Yale, so it's too late to send that now. This is more of a way for me to bolster my application on the chance that I get deferred.</p>
<p>hmmm… 3 weeks seems awfully short. When they say that they don’t want superfluous materials, they actually mean it. Did you get to know him better and, more importantly, did he get to know you better?</p>
<p>I worked with a professor at my local U on science research for two years. If one were to hack my email, he/she would notice at least a hundred emails back and forth between me and him. He also watched me present at science conferences and symposiums so that was a plus also. My point is that you only need to send the rec if it adds substantial weight to your application and if the person will be providing the office with anecdotes and evidence of your ability, not generic adulation; otherwise, it will dilute all your other recs.</p>
<p>okay, that’s fair. I think he would have written more positive things about how much I enjoy math, but it probably would have been “generic adulation”. Thanks!</p>
<p>You were supposed to mail it in because they want a paper copy (not an electronic one). Since decision day is about two weeks away, though, I guess you can email the office and ask for permission to electronically send it. They’ve probably, however, finalized a lot of the decisions by now.</p>