LORs: 4 too many? Forum

[Ramsey]

Title says all. Would it be a good idea to submit all 4 LORs given my circumstances? I'm worried if I'm bombarding the adcom with too much writing to read (since I'm submitting DS and Addendum). At the same time, I think each of these letters is unique and will help adcom to get a better picture of me.


Any advice/anecdotes/comment would be greatly appreciated!

- Graduated in 2010 winter from mid-Ivy
- Been working for Gov't in home country

My recommenders are:

1) Senior Professor (one of my majors) - finished top 3 in his adv undergrad class (subject matter relevant to my chosen field of interest)

2) Adj Professor (Law) - finished top in her summer intro law class

3) Postdoc student instructor (non-major) - have reasons to believe that this is my strongest (and also most personal) recommendation. She even consulted my pre-law advisors to write me the best possible letter, and I believe she mentioned in it certain issues I plan on writing my PS on.

4) Director-level gov't official - must be excellent; a bit worried about syntactic issues (grammatical mistakes, awkward phrases, etc. as she is non-native)



Thank you for your wisdom in advance!

[Yardbird]

Title says all. Would it be a good idea to submit all 4 LORs given my circumstances?
Any advice/anecdotes/comment would be greatly appreciated!

- Graduated in 2010 winter from mid-Ivy
- Been working for Gov't in home country

My recommenders are:

1) Senior Professor (one of my majors) - finished top 3 in his adv undergrad class (subject matter relevant to my chosen field of interest)

2) Adj Professor (Law) - finished top in her summer intro law class

3) Postdoc student instructor (non-major) - have reasons to believe that this is my strongest (and also most personal) recommendation. She even consulted my pre-law advisors to write me the best possible letter, and I believe she mentioned in it certain issues I plan on writing my PS on.

4) Director-level gov't official - must be excellent; a bit worried about syntactic issues (grammatical mistakes, awkward phrases, etc. as she is non-native)

I think each of them is unique and will help adcom understand me better, but I'm worried if 4 is too many (since I'm submitting DS and Addendum in addition to PS).

Thank you for your wisdom in advance!

Some schools won't accept more than 2 or 3. Check out the AppReqs spreadsheet to see which T35 schools will accept 4.

[Ramsey]

Some schools won't accept more than 2 or 3. Check out the AppReqs spreadsheet to see which T35 schools will accept 4.

@shadowofjazz, thanks for the tip. I will check out the AppReqs.
It seems that many of the schools I'm interested in applying accept up to 4 letters... but I'm just not sure if maxing out on the submission is a good idea in general.

[Yardbird]

Some schools won't accept more than 2 or 3. Check out the AppReqs spreadsheet to see which T35 schools will accept 4.

@shadowofjazz, thanks for the tip. I will check out the AppReqs.
It seems that many of the schools I'm interested in applying accept up to 4 letters... but I'm just not sure if maxing out on the submission is a good idea in general.

Common wisdom would be to save one for later on in case you get WL'd.

[Ramsey]

Some schools won't accept more than 2 or 3. Check out the AppReqs spreadsheet to see which T35 schools will accept 4.

@shadowofjazz, thanks for the tip. I will check out the AppReqs.
It seems that many of the schools I'm interested in applying accept up to 4 letters... but I'm just not sure if maxing out on the submission is a good idea in general.

Common wisdom would be to save one for later on in case you get WL'd.

oh that's a good point. Thanks for your help!