Does a co-signed rec sound less genuine?

[zogoto]

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There are two MPHs I work with for this public health organization, and one of them (the one I know better) offered to write me a rec. The two know each other very well. I was wondering if it would be wise to ask them to co-write and co-sign it, because I feel like having two sets of eyes looking at a letter can only make it better. The disadvantage is that, as some of my professors have told me, a co-signed letter is less genuine-sounding, since "I think this student..." becomes "We think this student..." What do you guys think?

 

[Isoprop]

There are two MPHs I work with for this public health organization, and one of them (the one I know better) offered to write me a rec. The two know each other very well. I was wondering if it would be wise to ask them to co-write and co-sign it, because I feel like having two sets of eyes looking at a letter can only make it better. The disadvantage is that, as some of my professors have told me, a co-signed letter is less genuine-sounding, since "I think this student..." becomes "We think this student..." What do you guys think?

I'm not sure which sounds better or more genuine, but I think you should just stick to one letter per writer. Collaborating a letter is just more work for the writers.

 

[zogoto]

Well one person is writing the bulk of it, and the other would contribute just a paragraph or some things here and there.