<p>Does having someone who is already in Yale write your recc. Increase chances? Rather than haviing your mayor or govenor or. Teacher</p>
<p>The most important fact of a LOR writer is whether he/she is knowledgeable about you as an academic. If by coinicidence they happen to be a Yalie, then it could benefit you in that he/she is familiar with what Yale is looking for. But to seek out a Yalie or a notable person (politician) is useless. Frankly it would demonstrate a naked naivete about what yale is looking for in an applicant so would probably backfire on you. Read Yale’s instructions below.</p>
<p>Go for those beloved HS teachers with whom you really connected. Everything else is chaff. The “look what famous person my family knows” business is foolish to Yale admissions. They don’t owe anything to your politician friends. They want genuine contributors to the Yale community.</p>
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<p>Who should write my teacher recommendations?
It is important that your recommenders be teachers who can write about your recent academic work in rigorous academic subjects. We strongly encourage students to ask 11th and 12th grade teachers to write for them. Given Yale’s extremely competitive applicant pool, it is probably a mistake to ask a favorite ninth-grade teacher to write, or to seek out a coach or chorus director as a recommender unless he or she has also taught you recently in an academic course.</p>
<p>Yale does not specify that the recommendations come from teachers of particular subjects. It is a good idea, however, to have the two letters come from teachers of different subjects. Choose teachers who know you well and who can give us a sense of both your academic and personal strengths. </p>
<p>Is it OK if I submit supplementary letters of recommendation?
We strongly discourage students from submitting more than the two required letters from teachers and the letter from a guidance counselor or college advisor that accompanies the School Report Form. Additional letters can have the effect of cluttering an application file, often repeating what has been said elsewhere, and can leave a reader wondering which letters are the most important recommendations. Three, four, or even five letters from teachers rarely do more work for a candidate than two. </p>
<p>That said, we try to be flexible about the need, in isolated cases, for students to submit an additional letter. If you feel there really is a need to send an extra recommendation, one that will add substantially to your application, be sure it is labeled “supplementary” to avoid confusion. "</p>
<p>You need two teacher recs. What you’re referring to – whether it’s from a Yale professor or your mayor or governor – is a supplemental rec. A supplemental rec is useful only if the person writing it knows you and can say something substantive about your achievements/accomplishments beyond what your teachers have said in their recs. Typical supplemental recs come from an athletic or debate coach, a private music teacher, or a member of the clergy. So if you’ve worked on a project with the Yale professor, s/he might be able to provide an excellent supplemental rec. If s/he is a family friend and is simply going to attest that you come from a fine family or that you’re a fine person, then no. </p>
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