Bad to have Four Letters of Rec?

[lachlan]

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How many letters are you allowed to submit? Also, can I have different letters go to different colleges? i.e. If I have four letters, can I have 3 go to one school and a different 3 go to another?

 

[Mazdave]

Four is not excessive at all. My school's health professions committee has us submit five for our file that they then send to schools. I'm not positive, but I don't think there's an option to submit certain letters to different schools. Regardless, I don't know why you'd want to hold back. If they're good recs, they'll only help you.

 

[startswithb]

Yes you can submit different letters to different schools! Many schools have different letter requirements. For example, some want just 2, some want a non-science, some want 2 science, etc.

 

[cowme]

I sent 4 to every school. If they only wanted to read the first 2, that was ok by me

 

[BenjaminT]

You can submit up to 10 letters through AMCAS, but I think giving 10 to every school would be excessive but four should be fine. Also, note that a committee packet only counts as one letter even though it might actually contain letters from a few different professors.

Also, yes you can submit specific letters to specific schools if you had a situation where a specific letter of recommendation you only felt pertained to one school.

 

[phnerd1105]

.....I hope not, I'm getting 6