how much can a supplemental rec help?

No2EULA
Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:57:59 +0000

I wouldn’t send something in at this point…unless it’s something phenomenal. I mean…so awesome it makes other people in the field weep in fear of becoming irrelevant.

Supp. Recs are really only to be sent in when they add significant and new information to a candidates profile . So, this late in the game, even if new information is sent, it also leaves the adcoms…what, like a little over a week (?) to actually parse that new material…and since the majority of decisions have been made (you’re in that, most likely), those candidates being decided on now are probably the really borderline/high competition ones.

Send it in if you think it’s really good.