Do teachers know which schools I'm applying to?

MacGyver
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:16:38 +0000

kibt,
Each teacher does have one account through which he or she can access all the forms that need to be completed for students using the Common App Online. They have a page called ‘My Students’ that lists all the students who have requested teacher evaluations from them. If they click on your name they will be able to see the status of their forms for you (not started, in progress, submitted, downloaded) as well as the list of colleges to which you have assigned to them. The teacher will only see the colleges to which you have assigned him or her. For example, let’s say you are applying to Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford and request that I provide a teacher evaluation for you. In your app, you ‘assign’ me to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. When I log into my teacher account, I can see those three colleges and their respective deadlines. I cannot see that you are also applying to Stanford. If you later assigned me to Stanford, I would be able to log in and see that if I click on your name on the ‘My Students’ page.

Hope that helps to clarify. Let me know if you need more info.