Supplemental Recommendation Letters

• Recommendation letters from external individuals

• It varies and can be confusing depending on the university.

• Generally, most universities accept them.

• Some complicated aspects include:

  • Columbia Application

    • We welcome an additional letter of recommendation if the writer has worked with you in a researcher or college course capacity. Any supplementary recommendations should not be completed on the Teacher Report forms, but instead submitted directly to our office. The Committee discourages the submission of additional recommendations, as admissions decisions will be based primarily on the required recommendations from your high school teachers and secondary school/guidance counselor.

    • In other words, they don’t want you to send unnecessary documents.
    • If it’s really necessary, you’ll have to go through the trouble of having it sent by email.
      • It’s a hassle.
  • Yale Application
    • They seem to be saying various complicated things.