High School Teacher Recommendations - Timing and Process

shalooky
Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:13:57 +0000

I don’t think you need any paper recs, because all Common App schools take online, MIT has it’s own online form, and UCs (at least Berkeley, I’m not too sure about others) don’t even take recommendations.

I would recommend asking your teachers for recs before summer break, and assuming they say yes, your second question should be what they would like you to prepare. Some teachers like to have information before break, so they have more time to write. But I think most will tell you to hold off on sending information until September or October.