<p>Hi. Let’s say that I haven’t been the most active participant in class, and I’ve always been late almost every single day by on average 5~10 minutes. However I have an A grade.</p>
<p>If starting this month/next semester I start to try in class, actively participate in discussions, always come in time, etc. will my teachers see this immense improvement and write about me positively in their recommendations? Or is it too late to show enough of my efforts? </p>
<p>Second, is asking for college reqs from my senior year teachers a good idea? (would they have enough time to get to know me?) </p>
<p>Thanks. </p>
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<li><p>IMPO, as your teacher, I wouldn’t see this as terribly positive improvement. Equate this to piling on extracurriculars just to have a lot on the application. This isn’t like improving grades, where rising from a C+ one term/quarter/semester to an A the next one gets you a lot more credit: you worked harder, and got a better grade. This is a response on you as a person: weeks or months of being late and not being too active changing to always being early and actively answering seems to me like you’re trying to kiss up. You can, and should, try to be more active and prompt. I just don’t believe that it would have too much of an effect. But you never know and the teacher could give you a positive rec ;)</p></li>
<li><p>Depending on how you are doing in the class and if you have gotten to know the teacher well enough where s/he could describe YOU (not Joe Q. Student), I think it would be alright. Colleges recommend a junior year teacher b/c they have known you for a full year, as opposed to a few months, but all situations are different</p></li>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>[Also, Nov. 30 for teacher recs??? My school had us ask our teachers in JUNE, and then we gave them our lists of colleges to send recs to, deadlines and a short description about why you chose that teacher, how you saw yourself as a student in their class, etc. at least a month before the deadlines in the fall]</p>