<p>So this is my problem at the moment. During the previous school year, I had asked four people to write my letters of recommendation; four people that I knew very well. Obviously this included two of my (now previous) teachers, and two people from the outside. I figured this would be the least stressful part about asking for a letter of recommendation because I am very good at vocally getting a point across, so talking to these people and asking them for letters would be a snap, or so I thought. Like I said, for the most part asking these people was the easy part, but now Im starting to get worried that I wont have enough letters by the time I start applying to colleges. I only have two letters right now, and Im still waiting for the other two. One from my chem teacher and one from my piano teacher (outside letter) whom Ive known for sixteen years. My piano teacher has already written the letter, but its just a matter of sending it in that seems to be the difficult part to her (or the guidance office whom I think keeps losing it). After a few more reminders, I think itll be in. Its my other academic letter that I am worried about. I had asked my AP Euro teacher and Honors Chem teacher for letters, and only the AP Euro one is in, but not the chem. Im worried that my chem teacher may have forgotten or just couldnt figure out anything to write but he already said yes to my request so I dont understand why its not in. I really dont know how to approach him without accidentally sounding pretentious or rude, so are there anyways that I could approach him about the letter? If, for whatever reason, he forgot or cannot write the letter, would it be a good idea to ask another teacher or would it be too late? </p>
<p>(if anyone was curious, the second outside letter was from the doctor that I had shadowed for a good while. I find it funny that, despite living more than an hour away from him with email as our only contact, that he was the first to send in a (very good) LOR)</p>