How many schools to apply to?

precocious
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:12:58 +0000

Haha, I’m applying to 11-12 schools. I HOPE my teachers won’t be in a bad mood after they see the stack of envelopes I’m handing them…

Most of my teachers HAVE an electronic copy of the common app on their comp files somewhere, so you could and go ask the specific teacher you’re asking what she’d like you to do (ie copy the common app six times), though I highly doubt she’d want to rewrite it six times… what some of my teachers do is they type the blurb they have to write and just adjust the name of the school/whatever and attach it to the reccomendation…

But just to make their lives easier (and feel not as bogged down while writing!) make sure you have a clear list of all your schools and whatnot, self-addressed envelopes with the college addresses, your ssn and all that jazz, and whatever information they’ll need :)