<p>My desired major is costume design / theatre design/tech with a focus on costuming. </p>
<p>Now, of course my top two just happen to be the hardest to get into (<strong>edit: of the ones I am considering- there are 6 of them.</strong> CMU and Purchase) and I <strong>THINK</strong> both accept extra LORs (of course I will double-check.) My question is who should I ask to write the extra letter?</p>
<p>1) My community theatre director who's known me for years and is sure to give me a <strong>GLOWING</strong> recommendation. I've helped with a couple of her junior shows (including costuming.)
2) My dance teacher who is EXTREMELY well known and respected in the theatre community (on the Artists' Committee | The Actors Fund, starred in two Broadway shows, Tony nominee, Astaire winner, etc. Would probably give a very good recommendation.</p>
<p>I’d ask both of them. I don’t see why not; the school can always not read them. I mean, unless they specifically say, “Please do not send more than x recommendations.”. Who are your other letters of recommendations?</p>
<p>Check the specifics of the school first. Of the 14 schools my D is applying to, only 3 ask her to send a letter from an artistic teacher. All the rest specify they want a letter from an academic teacher.</p>
<p>When my daughter applied she found the scenario dramamom describes. She had glowing artists references so she sent them in a packet with some other artistic stuff by snail mail. Although some schools may have dumped that packet in the trash, she noticed via web portals that most of them recorded it. At her Mason Gross audition, the auditor told her he had received the packet and viewed the video sh sent. So on the whole, I’d recommend sending the letters in a supplement by mail–it can’t hurt and it may help.</p>
<p>My D did the same thing as glassharmonica’s. She just sent the artistic letters of recommendation (she had two) regardless. This was in addition to two academic letters of recommendation. Again, why not? The only reason you wouldn’t do this is if the college specifically states that you cannot. Some colleges do state this, but most don’t. The worst that will happen is that the college won’t read the letters. However, in our experience, they do. Don’t send more than two additional, however, and again, if the colleges state outright that they don’t want x or y, follow their directions. Instructions are on their websites.</p>