Uncles are Legacy, write letters of rec?

[irnrnortal]

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Hey, everybody! So both of my uncles went to Tufts medical school and I marked both of them as legacy on the secondary application. They told me they wanted to write a letter for me as well to help out, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea and wanted a second opinion.

Background info: I already have 4 letters of recommendation from professors at my university that I have been using for applications, so this letter isn't replacing any "legitimate" letters: it's only in supplement to other ones. Also, the Tufts admissions page says: "Applicants must submit a minimum of [...] Three individual letters (we do not specify the nature of the authors) that will arrive at the admissions office separately". I was already planning on sending my 4 professor letters and since Tufts says "minimum of 3," I would assume this 5th letter wouldn't cause any harm in terms of "extra letters" (as I know some schools require strictly 3 or are specific about the details of the letters).

What do you guys think? They really want to help out, but I don't want them to write a letter if it'll look bad on my application.

Thanks for the input!

 

[gyngyn]

Hey, everybody! So both of my uncles went to Tufts medical school and I marked both of them as legacy on the secondary application. They told me they wanted to write a letter for me as well to help out, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea and wanted a second opinion.

Background info: I already have 4 letters of recommendation from professors at my university that I have been using for applications, so this letter isn't replacing any "legitimate" letters: it's only in supplement to other ones. Also, the Tufts admissions page says: "Applicants must submit a minimum of [...] Three individual letters (we do not specify the nature of the authors) that will arrive at the admissions office separately". I was already planning on sending my 4 professor letters and since Tufts says "minimum of 3," I would assume this 5th letter wouldn't cause any harm in terms of "extra letters" (as I know some schools require strictly 3 or are specific about the details of the letters).

What do you guys think? They really want to help out, but I don't want them to write a letter if it'll look bad on my application.

Thanks for the input!

Do not submit letters from family members. It's skanky.

 

[Ismet]

no.

 

[irnrnortal]

Definitely what I thought. Just wanted to make sure beforehand. Thanks, everybody!

 

[Goro]

1. conflict of interest
   
   
2. A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation occurring when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation.

Hey, everybody! So both of my uncles went to Tufts medical school and I marked both of them as legacy on the secondary application. They told me they wanted to write a letter for me as well to help out, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea and wanted a second opinion.

Background info: I already have 4 letters of recommendation from professors at my university that I have been using for applications, so this letter isn't replacing any "legitimate" letters: it's only in supplement to other ones. Also, the Tufts admissions page says: "Applicants must submit a minimum of [...] Three individual letters (we do not specify the nature of the authors) that will arrive at the admissions office separately". I was already planning on sending my 4 professor letters and since Tufts says "minimum of 3," I would assume this 5th letter wouldn't cause any harm in terms of "extra letters" (as I know some schools require strictly 3 or are specific about the details of the letters).

What do you guys think? They really want to help out, but I don't want them to write a letter if it'll look bad on my application.

Thanks for the input!