<p>Would you really want to omit those? If you have teachers who think you're 'the best student they've ever seen,' would you really want to not send recs?</p>
<p>but if your teachers don't know you...it might be a good thing. There are some things that aren't good and some things that are....</p>
<p>i dont like online apps in generall. there needs to be an application that looks less messy than the commonapp. the universal app seems really pointless.</p>
<p>how does the common app make money?</p>
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<p>of course washu would immediately jump on anything that could possibly get their application numbers up by even two a year.</p>
<p>What's the point? Member colleges can just "nickel and dime" essays from you with their supplements.</p>
<p>The Essays and Recommendations are meant to help students even out weaker grades and EC's, I don't see why someone would not want that unless they have no teachers that understand them or are a bad writer (both which are bad for college anyway)</p>
<p>Just to point out, as some of the other people on this thread already has, the claim that the universal application does not require essays and recommendations is false. It requires everything the common app requires.</p>
<p>No recommendations and essays! Can't get any better!</p>
<p>Don't you think that colleges will still want essays and recs, though? They can just add those to their supplements.</p>
<p>Yeah, if there were ever a place not to slack off in your life so far, your college application would be it. I don't see why one would want to opt out of using essays and recs to further demonstrate that you're the one for their college.</p>
<p>I agree. Essays/Recs are probably the most important thing in your application. I can't imagine how you would select students without them, unless the school wasn't very selective.</p>