<p>I've seen this many times: "Give the teachers who will be writing your recommendations a resume, and your college essay..." etc</p>
<p>How exactly do you present this to them, without appearing pretentious?</p>
<p>"Here's my resume so that you can see how active I really am and thus write a more positive recommendation for me"? I mean, isn't the teacher supposed to be writing about what they know about you, in their context (and not what you're self-reporting yourself to be)?</p>
<p>I want to give them my resume, and my current college essay, because I think they might write a better recommendation. However, I don't know how to justify this action...</p>
<p>After my teacher agreed, I asked him if he needed anything from me to help him out, to which he responded a short list of activities. </p>
<p>Honestly, after they agree, I would just ask them if they need any material to work with (old assignments, resume, etc.). Kinda suggest it, but don’t force it on them. If they don’t request anything, then they probably know enough about you to write a good one. Most of the time though, I think, they’ll ask you for some kind of supplementary material themselves.</p>
<p>Giving them things like copies of outstanding tests and papers in classes that they taught would be of far more value than giving them your resume. Colleges don’t want teachers to regurgitate what is on other parts of your application. College want teachers to provide information about things that the teachers know first hand: info about class performance and contributions in any organizations that teachers advise.</p>