<p>There is the old adage, “The thicker [dumber/lower quality] the student, the thicker the file,” which was repeated often by the college counselor at our kids’ HS. </p>
<p>I really don’t think schools want to hear multiple things that sound similar. If there is some unique perspective that needs more than one rec, I suppose it would be helpful but adcoms are very busy and don’t appreciate getting a TON of stuff that all says the same thing.</p>