why dental schools dont accept additonal LOR?

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I asked BU, NYU and Buffalo if I can send additional LOR besides the ones that I already sent via AADSAS (limits 4). I got 16 on RC and wanted to make up this by sending LOR from my psychology professor. Boston Univeristy accepted addtional LOR, however, NYU and Buffalo said that they will not accept any more LORs. So I want to know if anybody sent additional LOR to NYU or Buffalo, and whether they accepted it or not. Thanks

 

[Toothshucker]

What did your psychology professor write in the LOR that coud make up for a 16 RC?

As far as I know, if you called and asked if they would accept it, and told you no....

 

[oreoson]

Did you get interview invites from any of those schools? I am sure you could explain to them during the interview.

 

[AlbinoPolarBear]

You can't make up a bad RC score by sending a LOR....

 

[YoHomey]

You can't make up a bad RC score by sending a LOR....

Agreed. Also, 4 recs are enough, don't y'all think? Most schools won't read them even if they accepted more because your AADSAS app is all electronic with no hard copies. Since an admissions officer is on a time crunch to read x number of apps, do you think he/she will go thru the trouble of leaving her office to go scrounge around some file cabinet for an extra rec which is not completely unbiased since there's no waiver form available for these kind of recs? I wouldn't be surprised if they went straight to the shredder lol.

 

[dantemac]

I think you may be getting a little overzealous. Some schools like to be as paperless as possible with the AADSAS application and don't like handling extra LOR's. Play by the rules please!

 

[AllahIsGreater]

lol as usual, all the people above me have NO CLUE what they are talking about. You should NOT have notified the schools. you should have had your professor email these letters as if he is further recommending you on HIS own.....that would make it really stand out...to late now i guess. good luck...numbers are not everything, contrary to sdn popular belief.

 

[Toothshucker]

lol as usual, all the people above me have NO CLUE what they are talking about. You should NOT have notified the schools. you should have had your professor email these letters as if he is further recommending you on HIS own.....that would make it really stand out...to late now i guess. good luck...numbers are not everything, contrary to sdn popular belief.

Really? Even if a school says not too....

All they have to do is open the letter (or open email), read what it is, and then throw it out (or delete) because a student did not follow instructions or wrongly assumed they could send an extra letter.

 

[DentalGunner]

lol as usual, all the people above me have NO CLUE what they are talking about. You should NOT have notified the schools. you should have had your professor email these letters as if he is further recommending you on HIS own.....that would make it really stand out...to late now i guess. good luck...numbers are not everything, contrary to sdn popular belief.

That is the worst, and most dishonest advice I've ever read. Why would you purposely try to make your professor look like an idiot, for your sake? For a preachy screen name, like your own, you sure have a messed up moral compass.

 

[YoHomey]

lol as usual, all the people above me have NO CLUE what they are talking about. You should NOT have notified the schools. you should have had your professor email these letters as if he is further recommending you on HIS own.....that would make it really stand out...to late now i guess. good luck...numbers are not everything, contrary to sdn popular belief.

Yeah, I'm sure 9 out of 10 times an additional rec comes from someone without notifying the applicant that it's being done on his/her own volition. It's more like 9 out of 10 times the applicant requests the recommender to send a letter to the school. Thus, your reasoning is flawed.