Teacher's Recommendation - is there a limit?

Applying to College
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<p>So the question is clear - is there a character or word limit to teacher's recommendation in Common App? </p>

<p>A friend of mine tells me that there actually is - 2000 character max, however in the Common App PDF form is written this "Please write whatever you think is important about this student, including a description of academic and personal characteristics, as demonstrated in
your classroom. We welcome information that will help us to differentiate this student from others. (Feel free to attach an additional sheet or another reference you may
have prepared on behalf of this student.)"</p>

<p>Does the thing in brackets say that if the box for the recommendation is not big enough then the teacher may attach an additional sheet thus being not limited in terms of the recommendation's length?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot in advance.</p>

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<p>2000 words is four pages of text. Try to tell your teacher not to write that much. If I were reading a rec letter like that, I don’t think I’d be verymotivated to finish it.</p>

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<p>No, you got me wrong. She said 2000 characters, not words. Which is not that much. So, does anybody knows for certain ?</p>

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<p>I am quite interested in it - does anyone know how this works? in wht conditions should the additional paper be attached?</p>

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<p>I will admit it is a very interesting topic, however it does not matter to us. I’m pretty sure the teachers know their directions and there is nothing we can do about it.</p>

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<p>My teacher does actually not and thus asked me to enquire about it. So, does anyone know?</p>

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<p>If they are not told about it when they get the email, then there is no limit.</p>