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I think you should use the new individual letters you have. The whole point of reapplying is to show schools how you've improved/changed, so submitting an old composite letter from undergrad a few years ago is not going to help you as much as individual letters would from these new experiences. I don't even think your situation of not using the composite letter would warrant an explanation since you've been to grad school too. But yeah I 100% think you should go with the individual letters.
I had a similar situation. Had a bunch of letters from 5ish years ago that were really good but old, and then got some newer letters as well to highlight new experiences. I didn't have the option of a "composite" letter, so no advice there. Submitted 2 old and 3 new-- covers the bases of 2 science profs and one non-science, as well as highlighting my nonacademic stuff.
No one seemed to have any issues, but I'd recommend getting the older letters updated with a sentence or two. If schools are going to nit-pick about you not using the composite letter system because you wanted to update letters, the can shove it.
No one seemed to have any issues, but I'd recommend getting the older letters updated with a sentence or two. If schools are going to nit-pick about you not using the composite letter system because you wanted to update letters, the can shove it.
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