<p>Colbybus…Dad2b2010 is 100% correct…Now is the time to at least give a heads up to the people you will be asking for letters of recommendation or online application forms for them to do…It helps them be thinking and when you come to them they will be ready.</p>
<p>Our school counselor required something that at first I thought was really wierd: that both the student and the parent actually write, not just a resume, which was also submitted to her - but an actual letter of recommendation, listing all the things the writer felt were important to know about the person in question, even if it was themself. Then we submitted this as a packet to her and any other teachers - this - along with their own observations- helped them write a much more detailed personal letter of recommendation than the easily recognizable generic one that USNA must receive by the thousands. You might explore with your school/career counselor if this approach is helpful. As I read the finished products our daughter got for all her applications, including MCROTC - I realized that our input did help the writer craft a positive, accurate recommendation.</p>