<p>Re: additional rec</p>
<p>We live on a farm so a big part of my son’s life is about living and working on the farm. We weren’t sure if this was the correct thing to do, but my husband wrote the optional rec (because only my husband could address son’s work on the farm).</p>
<p>The way I see it, the grades, test scores, etc show how “smart” the applicant is and the letters of rec (and essays) show more of the personality/character. My son deliberately asked teachers that knew him outside of class to write the recs.</p>
<p>ORM = over represented minority? I think most schools would consider my son an ORM but because we live in a rural area, perhaps son is also considered an URM.</p>
<p>Son got into Stanford early action and will be attending Admit Weekend in a couple of days.</p>