Help! Confused by Teacher Rec. Process.

Applying to College
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<p>Okay, I'm starting to get all of my application materials organized for the fall and I'm a bit confused as to how the teacher recommendation process works. At least one of the colleges I'm applying to (Amherst) has a form a part of their application that the teacher fills out, but some of my other colleges have no such form. </p>

<p>1) Is there a Common form I can give to all my teachers? Or do I have to check the individual preference of each school?</p>

<p>2) If I am planning to apply Early Decision but want to use the letters of rec. in case I need to go to the Regular Decision process, how do I organize that? Should I just send them all at the same time and assume the regular decision ones will be put into a "waiting" file, or do I need to ask the teachers to send them in two waves?</p>

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<p>This thread [one of the stickies at the top of the page :)] is full of good info about teacher recs:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/386669-asking-recommendations.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/386669-asking-recommendations.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Okay, thanks, that thread has helped clear up the multiple forms question. But I still haven't found an answer to the Regular Decision/Early Decision question. Should I send them all at once, or have my teachers save a copy of their recommendation so that they can copy it later and send?</p>

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<p>Send in your RD teacher recs when you send in your RD application.</p>