solittletime

i feel bad about asking this but...........
k, so i have 1 for sure teacher, and for my second i'm chosing between 2, i feel bad
is there any way i can get one from all 3 of them (i know from the seniors this year and the teachers i want all happen to let students see what they wrote), can i send the 2 better ones?

KansasRhea

I e-mailed mine for my foreign exchange

ppa

I'm a junior this year, and am attending an international school in Europe, so we don't have a college counsellor and our principal is not familiar with US admissions at all. One of the seniors who just got into UVA recommended that I start thinking about recommendations early, based on her experience.
I'm already pretty sure that I want to ask my History teacher for one, since she knows me really well and has taught me since 9th grade, and History is one of the subjects I love the most.
The thing is, Chem is another one of my favorites and the subject I work hardest for. I've been allowed to carry out small pieces of research, organize science fairs for the younger grades, etc. So it would make sense that my second rec would come from my Chem teacher. Our school's had a tough time with Chem teachers, this year one teacher quit, one is leaving in a month, and we're getting a new teacher for the remainder of the year who hopefully will be sticking around for senior year as well. It's an IB Higher Level class, and my grades have remained quite good despite the change in teachers. Still, I'm stuck for what to do about reccomendations.
The Chem teacher who's taught me longest was my 10th grade teacher, who on many levels has been like a mentor to me as well and I still talk to her regularly. She doesn't teach me any more though, but I was wondering if I could ask my current Chem teacher to write me a very brief rec now, email the teacher who quit to ask her for one, and then ask my 10th grade Chem teacher to write me a rec, based on both her impression of me and my IB teachers' brief reccomendations? Neither of the teachers from this year know me well enough to write a full length rec. I plan on applying EA, so the new teacher will barely know me. Would that be acceptable, especially if she explained the situation in the letter?

ceusammy

are recomendations required for UC's? what about privates like USC?

Nabu

When do you usually give your professors a thank-you note? after they've written you a lor

kok355 Edu. Srv.

Thanks for the in the suggestions.
I have a question about recs;
Should be the envelope sealed?

forgotten620

i heard that you should have one rec from a humanities teacher and another rec from a math/science teacher. im definitely asking my physics teacher, but im not sure if i should ask my ap spanish teacher or ap comp sci teacher. my ap spanish teacher only taught me last semester, but my ap comp sci teacher has taught me for a whole year. BUT, if i choose my ap cs teacher, that makes both my recs math and science. is that bias good? i AM planning to apply to engineering and schools strong in math/science but i want to show that im not bad at humanities either...

what should i do??

AnagramPanda

Like Forgotten, I've heard that one should have a humanities rec and a math/science rec. I'm definitely asking my English teacher, as she taught me junior year, will teach me senior year, and led a club that I was in, so she knows me very well. However, I have a dilemma regarding the other rec. I have had a connection with several of my science teachers, but the ones I had sophomore and junior year are both leaving the school. I don't know my math teachers all that well. Should I get a rec from my senior year science teacher or a math teacher, who won't know me well? Or should I get another Humanities rec (from my History teacher, who knows me pretty well) and risk the overlap hurting me? Or should I try to contact the science teachers which left the school and ask for a rec from them? I'm definitely going into a Humanities field, so that's not my concern, but will it look too biased to have two humanities teachers?

race64

How can you ask a teacher for recommendations when you been with them for a semester or 2 months?

amman

I only need one more rec from a teacher. I have been leaning towards my 10th grade History teacher, who believes i am "god". He has bestowed upon me many awards like history student of the year and he knows about me running my own business already. In the entire school he is probably the teacher with whom I have the best relationship with. Did i mention he thinks extremely highly of me?

Anyway, I have my 11th grade Bio teacher writing one rec.
The other rec would either be from my 10th grade history teacher or my 11th grade history teacher.

I have a pretty good relationship with both history teachers but without a doubt i am the closest with my the 10th grade teacher(AP Euro if that matters)

Should i go with my 10th grade teacher or my 11th grade ?

luckymeeeee

i would go with the 10th grade teacher, since from the way you describe it he would probably write a more sincere and personal recommendation. also, it will balance your app out with one from 10th grade and one from 11th grade.

onechance

ok so i'm kinda new to this, but after going thru this entire thread..

i'm a junior..and want to ask my teachers recommendation letters before summer so they have plenty of time.


so i HAVE to sign up common application, print out "teacher evaluation form".. then give one to the teachers that i want. THen tell them which colleges u want them to send it to so they can make photocopies.. provide each of them with equal number of stamped envelops..

am i missing anything??

and so my question is...what to do after this? like what happens if the colleges get the recommendation. I mean i didn't like even start my application process (besides this recommendation letter thing), so when colleges get a random person's recommendation letter, what happens??? Do they just store it for later use or w/e?? and how do i know if the college gets it or not? Do they like make me an account or something? iono..if u guys know what i mean..

sorry, its kinda long, but i'm just stumped and running out of time.

howon92

I just asked for the recommendations today, and they said they would, but I just have to come back later in the year because of teachers' contracts or whatever?

is that an indication of hesitation?
should I look for some other teachers?

forgotten620

is it okay if the humanities rec would be from a spanish teacher? im taking her ap course, but still, it's not english or history - the core humanities subjects.

Lemonio

can i have two reccs from english teachers or do i need another subject?
and also what if i'm not sure which colleges i'm applying to yet?
what do i hand my teacher