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11-01-2011, 07:39 PM
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#16 | | Member
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Wow, you handed it in really early.... are you sure your teachers know you well enough already?
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11-02-2011, 03:23 AM
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#17 | | Junior Member
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anyone knows if teacher recs can be submitted online for gateway and gochoate?
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11-02-2011, 07:01 AM
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#18 | | Member
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98beebee - I think they do because I've had them as teachers in previous years for clubs and service and such. Also, one local day school I'm applying to has a deadline of mid-December, so I wanted to give my teachers enough time to do that one.
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11-03-2011, 08:47 PM
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#19 | | Junior Member
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I'm glad there is a thread like this  I get to ask my question. If I have 8 schools, how would I go about the recs? Several of them are Gateway to Prep Schools, a few others individual, another the SSAT application... Urgh! I don't want to kill my teachers! What should I do?
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11-03-2011, 09:01 PM
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#20 | | Member
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Hmm... you'll probably just have to give them all to the teachers at once. Whatever, if they love you enough they'll do it
When r u submitting recs?
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11-04-2011, 07:49 PM
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#21 | | Junior Member
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Yes, you might as well assemble all of the papers needed for each school and put them in folders (color coded?), then hand them to your teachers. That way, teachers won't mix up schools and you get added points for thoughtfully preparing. Maybe you could give them the folders one by one, like one every half a week or something. That way it's easier for them instead of facing a mountain of recs. Hope this helped.
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11-05-2011, 02:44 AM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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If I were a teacher, I'd want it all at once, w plenty of time before deadline. Since the recs for different schools have similar question/format, there are efficiencies for the teacher to cut-n-paste similar responses.
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11-06-2011, 05:48 PM
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#23 | | Junior Member
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I think I'll do that for my teachers. Thx!
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11-15-2011, 06:21 PM
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#24 | | Member
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I'm so nervous about asking!! Any tips? I already go to a pretty good private school, so I feel like they'll be "so this isnt good enough" or something like that ahhh also i was thinking that i should ask them soon, what are your thoughts?
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11-15-2011, 07:16 PM
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#25 | | Junior Member
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Like GMTPlus7 said, make sure to emphasize the good parts of leaving, not the bad things that made you want to leave. Emphasis greater opportunities, fit, and community.
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11-15-2011, 07:34 PM
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#26 | | Member
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okay thanks! i just don't know exactly what to say when I first approach them. Chances are they won't really need an explanation I just don't know exactly what to say when I first ask them about it.
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11-15-2011, 08:09 PM
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#27 | | Junior Member
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Me neither... I'll be sending out my teacher recs in a couple of days though. :/ I hope it goes well.
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11-15-2011, 08:11 PM
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#28 | | Member
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hah yeah, I've been absolutely dreading it from the moment I knew I needed recs. Let me know how it goes!
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11-16-2011, 05:53 PM
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#29 | | Junior Member
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OK, haha let me know how it goes too! | |
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11-16-2011, 05:59 PM
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#30 | | Junior Member
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I am applying to 5 schools, I don't know how to ask my teachers to do this. Ughh...
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