<p>does swarthmore particularly discourage or encourage applicants from submitting supplementary recommendations?</p>
<p>i.e. from mentors</p>
<p>I asked my admissions rep this exact question. She said that it's not a problem and they read everything that you submit, but be wary of "overpadding" your application. </p>
<p>Be sure, however, that the additional recommendation tells something different that the other recommendations do not. They don't want to read the same recommendation twice.</p>