Nsentra wrote:
rhyme wrote:
Hurt you.
Don't send more than what they ask for unless it truly adds something special to your application.
thanks rhyme, that's what I suspected, but a person (a recent graduate from a school I am applying to) who is mentoring me in this process is suggesting to submit as many
good recommendations as I can...
Maybe they know something I don't, but I've never heard this advice. I mean, put yourself in the interviewers shoes - or imagine yourself at work.
Who pisses you off more? The guy who sends you a 1 page resume that you have to read a bit more carefully or the guy who sends you an eight page resume where every single job has basically the same 10 bullet points?
Thats all I'm getting at - if your recs can be different and add value in some OTHER way that the others don't, fine. Otherwise, if it's more regurgitation of the same stuff again and again...
Keep in mind too - sending in a bunch of recs can cause other problems. What if one person says your leadership ability is "excellent" and anotehr selects "average?" or one person says your areas for improvement are "quantative" and another says your quantative skills are excellent but your communication skills need improvement? See what I mean? It could get quite hairy for an adcom to know what to believe.
A single consistent message supported by strong gushing statements in the two recs they request will be much stronger than a disparate set of similar recs.