<p>Look at the individual school websites to see how many recommendations to send. Yale, for example, wants two from teachers (plus the school report from the guidance counselor can be thought of as a rec also). They strongly discourage additional recs unless they can discuss aspects of you that the others can’t. I can’t imagine a circumstance where I’d send more than one supplemental essay. </p>
<p>You should investigate which schools provide Financial Aid to internationals. Perhaps those in your list all do; I don’t know. </p>
<p>Please realize that gaining admission is difficult to those schools for anyone, and more so for internationals. Good luck, but be sure to have other options. </p>