Is there anything I could have done better in this situation?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I got rejected from a summer program, the main reason being that my teacher never submitted a recommendation, so my application could not even be considered.</p>

<p>I talked to my teacher a month in advance about the recommendation letter, and gave several reminders before the application was due.
I also made a packet for her detailing all of the information on the summer program, and made sure absolutely sure she knew the due date.</p>

<p>Did I make the mistake of asking for the recommendation too early?</p>

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<p>Oh, by the way. This has happened to me three times already this year…once for my QuestBridge application, once for this, and another time for a hospital volunteer application.</p>

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<p>Did you give all three of the letter of recommendations to the same teacher? If so, why didn’t you distribute them to different teachers?</p>

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<p>No, each was from a different teacher.</p>

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<p>Could you have done anything? No, probably not.</p>

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<p>No, your teachers are just lame.</p>