Too many recommendations?

Applying to College
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<p>I am planning on getting 1 counselor recommendation and 2 teacher recommendations, but I am also wondering if it would be beneficial to include a recommendation from my chess coach, which is the extracurricular I am most committed to. If it makes any difference, here are the colleges I am applying to (although I probably will get rejected by several of them): University of Chicago, Cornell University, Rice University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, University of Virginia, College of William and Mary, New York University, and University of Notre Dame</p>

<p>Thanks for your response.</p>

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<p>Are you planning to apply for scholarships? Many times the scholarships request recs from non-teachers. My DS is using those for leadership/community service scholarships. Otherwise, unless the recommendation letter tells something so completely different about you, I would not add it.</p>

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<p>Agreed. Don’t send additional recommendations to the colleges unless they’re providing something significant beyond what’s in the teacher and counselor recs.</p>