<p>OK GUYS N GALS… NOW THAT I HAVE SOME TIME TO BREATHE… I AM STARTING MY EA APPLICATION… YES =)</p>
<p>my question is: </p>
<p>I am getting an amazing recommendation from the chair of applied physics and director of material science at Rutgers University, department of PHysics and Astronomy… a really good rec. he was impressed… well w/e… my question is… WOULD THAT FALL UNDER SUPPLEMENT RECOMMENDATION OR NORMAL TEACHER RECOMMENDATOIN?!~???</p>
<p>well, you can also chance me … chicago is killin me 
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=400505[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=400505</a></p>
<p>and yea… thank you very much … u have no idea how much i appreciate it ;-)</p>
<p>Read the application instructions carefully. Your REQUIRED recommendation letters must come from 2 HS teachers. Any additional letters , like from the Rutgers professor, would be supplemental. Don’t try to substitute one for the other.</p>
<p>ohh… i c… well thank you very much…
are the recommendations looked upon with the same value???</p>
<p>The rec from the Rutgers professor would be supplemental.</p>
<p>“US AP History Teacher: haha, she will focus on how I was a “robber barron,” and how I recieved the highest grade in class with the least effort; how I won all the Jeopardies… and how i managed the course with other chitloads to do (wasnt bad)”</p>
<p>I think that you need to be a little … circumspect as to how your application reads. Considering Rockefeller’s involvement with UChicago, being a robber baron isn’t necessarilly a bad thing. Remember, though, in your essays, that your accomplishments will stand for yourself in the rest of your application. Make sure that the scholar comes through - not just the list of prizes.</p>
<p>What do you mean you were a robber baron? Did you engage in anti-competitive practices? Did you hire Pinkerton to break the kneecaps of your classmates?</p>
<p>Yea bartleby… I hired Pinkerton guards… and used vertical integration… n i just eliminated all my competition n kept all the profits… and oh yea, not only did i have the history monopoly… i slept w/ carnegie’s wife ;-)… pffft… u know what i meant bro…</p>
<p>and ohio_mom… thanks for the great advice!! Yes, i understand your point… so you suggest I keep away from my accomplishments in my essays??</p>
<p>Thanks a big bunch :)</p>
<p>Yes. You will be able to list those directly in your application - and indirectly via your rec’s. The admissions people at Chicage are pretty quick on the uptake.</p>
<p>Your essay will give your readers a bit of a clue as to who you are, how you think. Some essays show humor, others analysis, others a more gestalt perspective of what may be someday. You’re an interesting person in your own right - not just a stack of blue ribbons. Let it show!</p>
<p>you got it mommy!</p>
<p>thanks a big bunch…
for the most imp. essay… the long one… i am doing my own prompt… maybe if your interested… i can show you and you can critique it… i think it is very very clever n well thoguht out ;-)… i havent written the essay yet… wont do it soon… but i have the prompt which i would ilke to show you… if you wish, that is…
ty</p>