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What's the best way to assign extra letters of rec to schools? Say a school has the usual minimum of 2 science profs and 1 non-science,but allow up to 5 or so, should we first assign the three they're asking for, and then, maybe at a later date, assign some extra ones from volunteering? OR is it okay to assign all 5?
My concern is that applicants have no control over which letters adcoms actually read, and I'm worried that they might just read the first 3 that come in, and then sorta ignore the rest.
@Goro, @gyngyn, @LizzyM, can anyone weigh in here?
Is it possible that having more than 3 letters can 'drown out' the main 3? Let's assume that all the letters are strong.
My concern is that applicants have no control over which letters adcoms actually read, and I'm worried that they might just read the first 3 that come in, and then sorta ignore the rest.
@Goro, @gyngyn, @LizzyM, can anyone weigh in here?
Is it possible that having more than 3 letters can 'drown out' the main 3? Let's assume that all the letters are strong.