<p>I have already asked about 10 teachers to write a letter of recommendation for me. I thought I would pick the best two or so from them when they are finished to send in.
Then I was looking through the common app. and there is two teacher evaluation forms that the teacher must also fill out.</p>
<p>Should I give these forms to the all of the teachers I asked now or should I just give it to the two teachers recommendations I choose to actually send later?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>First of all, asking 10 teachers for recommendations seems very superfluous. You should have just asked the 2 teachers who know you the best to write the recs. Technically speaking, you shouldn’t read the recs that are being sent to colleges, but whatever.</p>
<p>Just give the teacher eval forms to the teachers who are writing your final recs.</p>
<p>When you say that you have already asked are you implying that you will continue to ask more teachers because ten is really beyond excessive and perhaps even unethical because you have an advantage in the college admissions process which, but hmmm, yes just give the actual forms to the teachers who will be writing the forms, but oh well…</p>
<p>Asking 10 teachers and only send in 2 is plain wrong. Do you have any idea how many students ask for recs? Then you are just going to send in 2 out of 10? Thats just wrong</p>
<p>I also think it is unethical to ask 10 teachers to write your recs so that you can choose the best two, presumably after reading them. This kind of behavior will devalue the recommendations once the ADCOMs realize that there is manipulation by some applicants.<br>
Soon this is what is going to happen:
The collegs can’t trust the GPAs because there is so much of grade inflation. They can’t trust the recs because they are filtered by the applicants. They can’t trust the ECs because they are hyped up. They can’t trust the essays because they are written by professionals for the applicant.<br>
What is left? SAT and ACT. Actually, top colleges in many Asian countries base the admission decisions strictly the score in a standardized test. That will happen here in the future.</p>
<p>I have gone to two different high schools. I just emailed teachers, i probably won’t be able to reach half of them from my old school. I am not asking anymore teachers. Three of them are my sports coaches. I might also submit the optional rec.</p>
<p>These teachers spend time writing you a considerate reccomendation only for you to filter most of them out? If you and people like you get into your top colleges, my faith in humanity would die a little.</p>
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<p>This is pretty much what has happened already.</p>