<p>I hope I was the first person in line for recommendations, since I asked my teachers in June. 
In fact, one of them already submitted my letter. I’ll be visiting them soon to ask if they need anything else to do the letters.</p>
<p>I’ve done 5 or 6 essays thus far, none of them completely finalized, but I’ve done at least 2 drafts of each of them, and I’ll be editing until I submit the final application.</p>
<p>One question - what is a resume for? I made a 1-pager as my counselor recommended, but I don’t really know when I’ll actually need it. I’ll definitely put more work into it if I know that it’s actually useful.</p>