How many recommendations are you getting>

papereater33
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:21:56 +0000

You might not agree about what I am going to say.

In the admissions world there is a saying: “The thicker the file, the thinner the applicant.”

Meaning if the candidate submits all the “optional” forms, and gets a rich alumni-friend to write a rec. the candidate is usually lacking in confidence about there appearance “on paper”
That being said, doing a few optional recs. doesn’t hurt you. But having 10 people saying how great you are denotes a troubled applicant. The fact that you need that much self-validation in mundane. If you are applying to GLADCHEEMS (aka HADES with all the good schools), your already a great kid who is ahead of 99% of the other kids in the world.