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lacscnn
Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:50:26 +0000

sophieee123:

Does Bryn Mawr prefer a certain type of recommendation letter outside of teachers? For example, you can submit two outside letters of rec; my options are the mayor of my fairly large city (who I worked very closely with the past four years to increase youth involvement in our city), my speech and debate coach who I am super close with (I read her letter and it is very strong), and a doctor I have known my whole life as a family friend (I want to do premed) who spoke very highly of me in the letter and was specific about my accomplishments. Would any of these work and if so which two would be best as my optional additional letters of rec?

Hi @sophieee123 ! I know the application deadline has passed now, but for future reference:
All of those sound like excellent letters. I would personally choose ones that showed the admissions committee something that they haven’t already read a ton about on my application. So if you wrote an essay about why you’re premed, I might not choose that lor because they’ve already heard about you as premed if that makes sense. Some other people would argue that your lors should support the things you talk about the most on your application. It’s really up to you because they’re all good options. Good luck with your decisions!!!