<p>I just asked my teachers for a rec.</p>
<p>What is the general advice after this?</p>
<p>I know it would be very kind to give them a thank-you letter or flowers or present of something.</p>
<p>But what is the most appropriate way of doing this without going over the extreme or doing it awkwardly?</p>
<p>uh, bump, i guess?</p>
<p>Make sure you remind your teacher to write the recommendation. or ask if they've done it. They might forget, especially if they get a lot of requests for recs. Once they've sent it in, I would just hand them a thank you note, maybe with a starbucks card in it or something.</p>
<p>I think flowers are a bit much, they're just writing you a rec after all. Thank you note, definitely, maybe a gift card as aforementioned, or something small like a little mug or something teacher-ish that they'd like. Desk ornaments and maybe stuff they can put in their classroom come to mind.</p>
<p>Give them teacher a few weeks to get the rec. done. If they still haven't said anything about it after two weeks, ask them (politely) if they have had time to do your rec. One of my teachers came up to me and told them he had finished me rec. and gave me a copy to see what he had written (he's already turned in another to guidance). Another one of my teachers doesn't have it done yet, so I kinda ask him every other week if he's had time to finish it - he knows me (I've had him sophomore, jr., and now sr. year), so it doesn't bother him much. </p>
<p>Once I get all my applications finished, I plan on writing each teacher a note saying thank you. Since they're both male, I don't think they'd be very appreciative of flowers...haha.</p>
<p>What I'm planning to do is get each teacher who writes a reccomendation (and my guidance counselor) a gift for the holidays --> i figure they should be in by then, and i won't feel awkward bringing a random present to school one day.</p>
<p>A hand-written thank-you note is most important item. </p>
<p>If you do baking (or can con mom or dad into it) holiday treats would be appropriate. A gift to a teacher's favorite charity is another idea. </p>
<p>Finally - give the guidance secretary a thank-you, too - she (or he) is a vital link in this whole operations, and she is usually forgotton.</p>