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I am selecting which recommendation letters to send to which schools on the primary app. I have 6 recommenders listed. Currently, I am sending all 6 letters to all the schools I am applying to. What happens if a school only decides to accept a max. of 5, for example?

 

[KnightDoc]

I am selecting which recommendation letters to send to which schools on the primary app. I have 6 recommenders listed. Currently, I am sending all 6 letters to all the schools I am applying to. What happens if a school only decides to accept a max. of 5, for example?

What happens is that you will look like you can't follow simple instructions, or that you think they don't apply to you. Don't do it!!!

You will get no advantage. At best, they will only look at the first 5 letters they happen to pull up, and you will have no control over which ones these are. At worst, you will annoy them by not following their specific instructions, and, unless you are a mega superstar, that's as good a reason as any to toss an application when you need to thin the herd by 80-90% pre-II.

 

[husky_doc16]

What happens is that you will look like you can't follow simple instructions, or that you think they don't apply to you. Don't do it!!!

You will get no advantage. At best, they will only look at the first 5 letters they happen to pull up, and you will have no control over which ones these are. At worst, you will annoy them by not following their specific instructions, and, unless you are a mega superstar, that's as good a reason as any to toss an application when you need to thin the herd by 80-90% pre-II.

I agree. Don't send more than 5 LOR.

 

[Goro]

I am selecting which recommendation letters to send to which schools on the primary app. I have 6 recommenders listed. Currently, I am sending all 6 letters to all the schools I am applying to. What happens if a school only decides to accept a max. of 5, for example?

They will conclude that you are unable to follow simple instructions, or are a special snowflake who thinks that rules don't apply to them.