1. You make an appointment, bring the appropriate materials (form, website, deadlines, etc.) and just ask. If you feel comfortable, give some idea of your goals and why you think the transfer will further them. You can mention positives of where you want to transfer, and this can almost always be done without putting down your current school.
1a. Not much different, you might want to bring along some additional materials (eg. excellent paper you wrote in the class) and volunteer it as a reminder if the prof wants it.
2. They don't care, people transfer for a variety of reasons. In general, profs are professionals who will write you a LOR based on your performance, not extraneous factors. They will want to see their favorite student in a place where they are happy and will perform at their top potential.
3. You don't give them input on what to write unless they ask. No, don't ask them out to lunch, just make an appointment at their office. Profs are used to writing LORs for various reasons (transfer, jobs, internships, etc.), it's not new to them, so unless they ask you for comments, don't offer, that would be very overbearing and pretentious.
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Input from people who have recently been through this process themselves would be especially appreciated.
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D transferred from a top public to top private a couple of years ago.