How many schools to apply to?

Tonyt88
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:38:34 +0000

From what I experienced with applying to 12 colleges last year [though granted 11 of them were through the common app], that the most common practice of writing recommendations is the teacher will write one generic essay/letter about you [though they will often mention a certain college if asked], and for the rest of the paperwork they will just say * See Attached * for any questions posed of them, so really recommendations are just busywork b/c they just have to fill out personal information, do the checkboxes, and generally write see attached and then they just make copies [if it’s the common app]. Granted, the teachers are still putting plenty of effort into these recommendations so make sure, especially if you have a large amount of applications to get in these forms ASAP, and remember to thank them graciously before and after.