Getting those recommendations...

Transfer Students
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<p>I think this is the part of transferring that I am worried about the most. One of the schools I'm applying to requires two faculty recs, with one preferably within my major (psychology) and one rec from the Dean of Students. </p>

<p>So...my problem is that so far, I've only taken one psych class, Psychology 100 Intro to Psychology. It is a large lecture class with over 400 students. I am doing extremely well in the class. In fact, I'm acing it. But the professor has no clue who I am or who any of the students are. So I can't really ask him for a rec, unless he just writes it based on my grades...</p>

<p>I might be taking an another psych class next semester, if it doesn't fill up before my registration period begins. But even if I do get into that class, it doesn't start until February and I would have to be asking the teacher for a rec around mid February at the latest, and the teacher wouldn't have anything really to base a recommendation off of.</p>

<p>So, my question basically is - do I ask my psych 100 prof for a rec, or just get two recs from other professors I had this semester and forget about getting one from a teacher in my major?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you have not done so already, I would ask this question by way of e-mail or phone to someone in the admissions office of the prospective college. </p>

<p>I know that some colleges, in the absence of a relationship between teacher and student, will accept recommendations from TA's. </p>

<p>I would think only a member of the admissions office could tell you how important it is to have a recommendation from a prof. who teaches a class within your major.</p>