Science Camp Rec Letter

Applying to College
1

<p>I recently got a rec letter from a science camp I was at last summer and they offered to send it to any colleges for me. I was wondering if I should do it (just as an extra rec letter)?</p>

<p>Brief argument outline:</p>

<p>send:

  1. 90% good things about me
  2. information on the science camp I was at</p>

<p>not send:

  1. 10% bad things about me
  2. its way past the postmark date
  3. its excess information (already have 2 teacher and 1 counsel recs sent)</p>

<p>so?</p>

2

<p>It depends on the camp …</p>

<p>If it is not well known and is not selective, then the letter won’t help. The camp would be viewed as an EC that doesn’t differentiate you from other candidates. </p>

<p>And it depends on what you accomplished in the camp …</p>

<p>If you came up with a new idea, one which you pursued with passion after the camp, then the letter would make that clear. It would help make you stand out from other candidates.</p>

<p>If however you simply took courses, did labs and exercises and you increased your understanding in some area of science, then I doubt that the letter would help. And the 10% of the letter that is less than stellar could hurt.</p>

3

<p>Its not well known. I didn’t do anything extremely exceptional. However, I did genuinely exhibit passion and overall excellence and I feel like the letter does a good job of expressing that.</p>

<p>But you’re right. Its not something that shows anything outstanding so it would be sort of bad to send it in as an additional piece of information.</p>