Famous Recs?? How much do they help?

waitn184
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:54:03 +0000

I don’t think that will help too much. Like everyone else said ^^^^, they want people who can personally relate to you. I am sure Harvard gets so many letters from famous people/notable Harvard alumni/Harvard alumni from many applicants who believe such recommendations will drastically increase their chances for admission. So I would imagine such recommendations are looked down upon since you are technically using someone else’s prestige to get you into Harvard instead of getting a good recommendation from a family member, coach, boss, etc. who would do a good job depicting you as a person. I hope this helps. I personally had the chance to get a recommendation from someone in charge of recruiting students to Harvard from the Middle East, but I decided not to. Anyways, hopefully you get into Harvard whether the recommendation helps or not.