will getting a letter from.....

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<p>will getting a letter of recommendation from a Cornell alumnus do anything to your chances of admission.....i would think it would help</p>

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<p>not really, unless you did substantial and legitimate work with the alum and aren't just a family friend or something</p>

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<p>nope........</p>

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<p>how about a letter from a Cornell Professor?</p>

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<p>maybe a tiny little bit, if they are well known and know you very well. even so, just a little bit</p>

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<p>I'm at Cornell and one of my high school teachers who knew me very well, and liked me, wrote my rec. He happens to also be a Cornell alum and also worked on the admissions committee many years ago. I wonder if that helped me get in.
Prolly did</p>

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<p>anh maybe it helped because he was your teacher who knew you well and like you. then they were like oh hah he went to cornell too what a nice letter. definitely an afterthought though.</p>

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<p>hmm..I don't think my Cornell summer professor knew me as well as a few of my other teachers, but he asked me if he could write a rec for me.</p>

<p>...hope I did the right thing to accept his generous offer?</p>

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<p>doctorjohndorian: nope, it probably won't help you.</p>

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<p>bump
10 char</p>

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<p>well if he worked on the amdissions comitee before..maybe there's a string he could pull ofr your acceptance.. lol... j/k... possibly joking or not</p>

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<p>I already have 2 teachers who wrote me recs, but then I asked another teacher, who is also a Cornell alum, to write a rec as well (as an alum). I will definitely use the first 2 recs, because one is really great, and the second teacher is mailing the rec directly. So is it bad to have a rec from a 3rd teacher who is also an alum? (I have a letter of rec from my job as well) Any thoughts?? Is it too much?</p>

<p>And the reason that I didn't ask the alum for the rec first is because I knew the first 2 would be very good (math and english) and I really needed a good English rec because even though I can do very well in english class, I can't do well in english standardized tests (time issues!). The third rec is from a physics teacher (alum).</p>

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<p>i think as long as the person who write you a recommendation really knows about and can write really about you as well...then you will be fine!!</p>