<p>My science teacher/club sponsor wrote me a recommendation saying how instrumental i was in starting the club and what I have done as a President of the club. She also talked about my work experience and how I overcome the language barrier. Should I ask her to write more?(she insisted if I feel she left out something)</p>
<p>You need to give her a brag sheet, a list of your accomplishments, it can help her write a good letter of recommendation.</p>
<p>Is it all right for me to tell her what to write? I know her very well and she told me she will revise the recommendation again if I want her to. It feels awkward telling her what to write though.</p>
<p>One more thing, would it be redundant since those accomplishments are listed on my application already?</p>
<p>it's good to have a recommendation highlighting some of your accomplishments and the more "personal" aspects of the clubs you're in, the things you've done, etc, even if it IS in your resume. as long as her rec isn't a relisting of your resume, the fact that she's describing in detail the things you've done is good and reinforces your resume (and shows that you're not a resume padder and you're not just doing everything for college without passion)</p>
<p>ask her to include an anecdote/very short story about something interesting you did in the club or in her class -- something, anything that isn't already going to be on your application :)</p>
<p>Oh well, she is a science teacher and retiring in three years. She seemed annoyed by the recommendation though. I doubt she will write a story . The recommendation was only about eight lines if I didn't ask her to rewrite it.</p>
<p>Any advice on how should I ask her to write a vivid description of one specific thing I have done? :)</p>
<p>^ you can try to politely remind her of that really cool specific event that happened in the classroom involving you..?</p>
<p>"I was thinking... do you remember how ______ ? Well, I think you could put that in your letter of rec for me, if you want! :)" <--something like that?</p>
<p>My math teacher asked me to remind him of any funny stories/events that took place in class; I think it's pretty accepted protocol, so you could definitely suggest something to your teacher</p>
<p>how long can the recommendation be? a page?</p>
<p>Maybe I should tell her to delete the part about me taking all the difficult classes and write about what we did together for our recent fund raising?</p>
<p>A page-ish single-spaced is good. No more than one page though (college admissions peeps refuse to read more than they have to).</p>
<p>You can mention it as an offside sort of thing that will work to your advantage... like: "Although (your name) takes many difficult classes, he/she also finds the time to work on important fundraisers for our in-school extracurricular activities. For instance, he/she did (bla bla bla) and (bla bla), and together we (bla bla bla bla). One funny/interesting/noteworthy thing that happened then was (blah). I learned from this experience that she is very (bla...)"</p>
<p>lol, sorry for the bla's, but you get the gist ;)</p>
<p>I thought of that too. I will tell her to go into detail about how much money we raised and what we sold rather than just saying fund raising. Maybe a little more about what we are planning to do with the money (she insisted spending it on a trip for our club,but i told her we should do something good for the community) She did mention about me taking difficult classes and working for my parent while still maintaining a high average.</p>
<p>^ really good that she mentioned those last two things</p>
<p>just make sure the letter is about <strong><em>you</em></strong> lol -- don't put the <em>emphasis</em> of the letter on what the fundraiser was for, how much money was made, etc. It's great to mention those things! Colleges shouldn't have to judge the fundraiser instead of you (as an individual.)</p>
<p>good luck! I think b/c you're cooperating with your teacher, you'll end up with a very, very nice letter of rec. :)</p>
<p>thanks! It sounds dull to me though lol. Not sure what else I can get her to write about.</p>
<p>Do you think I should get her to put some emphasis on the National History Day reward I received and the perfect score I made on our state's history standardized test-about how I still know a lot of American history even though I am not an American?</p>
<p>^ all those actually sound really interesting, especially the last part</p>
<p>but she's the science teacher, right? b/c maybe a humanities teacher should write about those history-related things instead, you know? :/</p>