how much can a supplemental rec help?

Mal77
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:56:01 +0000

An art portfolio would probably be a better way to demonstrate your artistic skill to Yale.

But, supplemental recs can help for sure!

Think of them like wild cards… depending on how relevant or good they are, they can either have a positive or minor negative effect. Useless spam recs are just… well… annoying. My regional rep specifically told me in an e-mail…

“While we do allow the submission of additional materials and recommendations, we strongly discourage such submissions”

While that seems a bit harsh, I did send in an additional rec. So it totally depends on the situation.