<p>My son is in process of applying EA. Couple of the schools only want one rec letter.
What happens if more than one are sent?<br>
Will it count against him because he didn’t follow directions?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Keep 'em happy…give the schools what they want.</p>
<p>I remember two years ago for my daughter some schools only wanted one teacher recommendation but naviance had it set up automatically for the GC to send two (which is what most schools want). The HS sent the two and the schools did not complain (they may have only looked at the first one they got?)</p>
<p>Do the teachers write ONE letter and cc it to all the universities the student applies to or do they have to do individual letters tailored to the university. This seems like a lot of extra work for the high school teacher.</p>
<p>Osprey - if it’s a Common App school the teacher writes the letter once. The student then “invites” (entering their email) specific teachers for the schools through the CApp website and the letter is sent. Each school shows how many they ‘want’ and how many they’ll allow. If your school files electronically you can’t send more then the allowed number. Some schools still use snail mail (yes, this is a royal pain for students and teacher) so you use the CApp guidelines for each school. I would err towards what they ‘want’. They have finite time to read these. If they ask for one and three are sent they may randomly pick one to read. The letter from your students coach saying what a great team player and how dedicated they are is read while their AP Chems teachers is missed saying she’s a once in a career student, brilliant analytical mind, would recommend above any student they’ve ever had. I don’t think I’d leave that to chance. You’ve waived your FERPA rights so may not know what’s in each letter, but your GC can do a preread and let you know which is most advantageous. Ours offered. </p>
<p>Non CApp schools give the LOR guidelines on their website, often have their own forms, are often done by mail or need to accompany the transcript. Again, I’d stick with the requested number.</p>
<p>Our school did not send recommendations electronically, so D addressed and stamped envelopes to give her teachers (and she applied to 12 schools that needed recommendations!) One of the 2 teachers asked her for a short description of each college she was applying to, and I believe she did tailor her letters for each school. My D was a favorite student of this teacher though, and I don’t think the other teacher did the same. She did send 2 teacher recommendation letters to each school, most asked for 2, a few didn’t require that many. It did not hurt her results. These were mostly small LAC’s. She didn’t send any LOR to her big school safety.</p>