<p>I share mutual relationships with most teachers. However, I have a teacher this year who knows me fairly well and is a good candidate for writing my teacher rec since she knows me the best.</p>
<p>However, like stated I am wondering how much should I tell her? My friend has told her that she is a devoted baby-sitter but I have not told my teacher what my ECs are. She may know I am in the school paper but she does not know that I have an internship or that I volunteer. In fact, I don't think she even knows that science is my favorite subject.</p>
<p>I do know that she has seen improvement in my character and that I am very much devoted to her class. She also knows that my parents are divorcing. </p>
<p>Sorry for dribbling but I am wondering if I should tell her about my life outside of school. I just want to make sure that she really knows who I am.</p>
<p>when you ask her for a rec give her a resume that has your GPA, test scores, where you’re applying, ECs, awards, etc. the recs are mostly so that colleges can assess your character so whether or not the teacher knows all your activities won’t really matter.</p>
<p>Really? My teacher always said that she wants to know about our character. She had a student accepted into Princeton with a 3.5 and a first semester C in her class. However, he was supposedly a wonderful person.</p>
<p>Write a resume with all your info (gpa, scores), ec’s, and anything your involved with outside of school (job, etc). </p>
<p>What type of personal things are your talking about? You shouldn’t tell her about your dog or anything irrelevant, but if a parent died and that has affected you, then you might have something about that (like a personal statement area)</p>
<p>My advice is to talk to your teacher outside of class. After the bell rings, just sit there and speak with her. Ask how her weekend was, tell her about yours. Just telling her things she can put in a letter of rec isn’t good…sure the letter may be “good” but it will also seem forced and unoriginal (no matter how much she likes you, and how great the things she has to say are..) if you guys have real conversations she can mention how you are outside of class, and say that you are very genuine and real, etc etc.</p>
<p>I form easy relationships with many of my teachers this way, and then my letters of rec are even better.</p>
<p>Develop close relationships with your teachers early in the year. I have like 3 teachers this year and 2 last year that basically know my entire life story lol. We are pretty close and they know where I come from. Hopefully this will help in the recs. </p>
<p>Basically tell them anything that’s relevant to your life and how you perform in school. If you develop open relationships with them it’s easier for them to recs for you.</p>
<p>You should tell your teacher EVER SINGLE detail of your life, starting with the day you were born!</p>
<p>Only teasing. Just tell your teacher as much as you feel comfortable with. As for staying after class, I think that may be a bit awkward. I would suggest getting to class a little bit earlier instead.</p>
<p>^ I think it just depends if you want to stay after or not.
Several of my teachers are available every day after school. My history teacher stays after school until about 6-6:30 daily and her class is always FULL!</p>