<p>Figured rather to start a new thread I would just ask my question on here. But if I’m applying to 10 schools, do I have my teacher print off and sign 10 copies or does she print off one copy and I copy and send it? </p>
<p>Also, once I get these, do I mail them myself or do I give the teacher envelopes with stamps and it filled out and she mails them?</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>Typically, you give your teacher signed, addressed, stamped envelopes and she mails them. At some schools, the teachers give their recommendations to the guidance counselors, who mail the teacher recommendations with the transcript and GC recommendation. </p>
<p>In general, teachers write one “to whom it may concern” letter per student, and the student can use that for all admissions and scholarships. Writing a good recommendation takes at least an hour, so colleges/scholarship programs don’t expect teachers to write letters personalized for each college/scholarship program. </p>
<p>Remember, too, to give your teacher a hand written or typed personal thank-you shortly after the teacher writes the letter, and – when you get acceptances, let your teacher know, and at least verbally express appreciation again. Also let your teacher know what college you’ve decided to attend.</p>
<p>It is not necessary to give any thank-you gift. The nicest thing that you can do is give teachers a note of appreciation letting them know how they’ve made a difference in your life. Unfortunately, very few students bother to give teachers, GCs, etc. thank-you notes. :(</p>
<p>Can someone explain how the whole process works? My cousin said that you give the teacher a stamped and addressed envelope, and they mail it, but what if j don’t really want a bunch of people knowing where I apply? I guess te point is that you are close enough to the teacher… But still, if I was applying to like ten places would I give them ten envelopes? You don’t get to read the letters do you? Is there anyway the teacher can just get the letter back to me and j can mail it, or does it not work that way?
Also, I plan on having my ap English teacher from 11th grade write one because she talked to my mom constantly throughout the year ( who is also a teacher at my school) about how well I was doing and how she would write my a great letter, but what about having my journalism teacher write one?
I will have had him for two years, and journalism is a class, not a club, and he also selected me to be editor in chief. I think he will be able to talk about leadership as well as academic skills. Is this a good choice?
Do most schools even want more than one teacher after your councelor?Would it be bad because he’s bot technically an academic teacher?
Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>^I don’t think you need to give the teachers envelopes since they can submit the letters online. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.</p>
<p>They can submit online, but some may prefer to send it via snail mail.</p>
<p>“but what if j don’t really want a bunch of people knowing where I apply? I guess te point is that you are close enough to the teacher…”</p>
<p>If you don’t trust teachers enough to want them to know where you’re applying, why would you trust them to write recommendation letters? And don’t you plan to let them know where you were accepted and where you plan to go?</p>
<p>To write good recommendation letters, it helps for teachers to know where you’re applying, and what you want in your college experience.</p>
<p>In general, teachers mail the letters themselves. They also usually don’t show students what they’ve written. Teachers don’t want students comparing letters or bickering with them over the letter’s content.</p>
<p>Colleges typically request letters from teachers of certain subjects, for instance requesting junior or senior year English teachers or teachers of academic subjects.</p>
<p>One thing that hasn’t been brought up yet is that every student asking for recs should ask the teacher(s) whether they can write a positive letter for you. This is always appropriate, phrased politely of course. For example, “Am I a student you would write a strong letter of reccomendation for, or do you suggest I ask someone else?” Don’t argue or question why if the answer is ask someone else, simply to thank the teacher for their honest answer.</p>
<p>If someone surveyed every teacher you ever had, for most students the result would be a variety of opinions. And sometimes a teacher you assume would like a student (due to a high grade, for example) has taken a marked dislike in spite of the high grade. There is no shame or dishonor in deliberately selecting those who hold a favorable opinion to write a rec.</p>
<p>While it can be uncomfortable for a student to ask a direct question like this to a teacher, it HAS to be done. I know someone who was on the alumni scholarship committee for a well-known U and they regularly received letters of “rec” for the full-tuition scholarship that raked the kid over the coals. In “The Gatekeepers”,in which a NY Times reporter followed the admissions committee at Wesleyan for a year, is a real-world example of a bad rec. Obviously when the student asked for a rec she assumed it would be positive, but here is what she got:
This could have been avoided if the teacher had been asked if they would write a strong rec. The student did not get in.</p>
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<p>Essentially, a short story or “a short account of a particular incident.”</p>
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