Advice for a rising senior?

helpingmom40
Fri, 22 Apr 2022 01:09:23 +0000

I’m going to address the LORs. Our experience is many teachers limit the number of letters they write, first come first served. Students ask teachers before the end of the junior year and let them write over the summer when teachers have a bit more time. Most students are told to get one from a STEM teacher and one from a Humanities one. My D asked her 11th grade History teacher and her 12th grade math teacher who also taught her when she was a sophomore.

The issue with waiting to ask a teacher from senior year is they don’t know you well enough in October to write anything compelling and in November/December, there are a lot of holidays and days off from school so it can be overwhelming.

If you plan on asking the two teachers who wrote ones before, ask now. Be aware, too, that you will likely have to waive your FERPA rights and will have no idea what is written.