<p>Okay so I have two teachers that are willing to write me recommendations. I have a couple of questions:</p>
<p>How much time am I supposed to give them to write their recommendations?</p>
<p>Is it normal to approach them twice for recommendations (once for EA/ED colleges, and once for RD colleges)?</p>
<p>as much time as humanly possible: best situation was to approach them late junior year, or really, really early senior year.</p>
<p>ya it is normal, don't worry about it, and if they did agree to write recommendations for you and you have told them you are also ea/eding, there should be no problem</p>
<p>The key to starting good teacher recommendations is to have a good professional attitude. Give the teachers as much time as possible. I recommend as soon as you get back to school. You should give them a packet with all your apps and pre addressed envelops so they can mail them. The easier you make it for them, the better you look. Also, it is a bad idea to give the recs in two waves. Give the ED, EA, and RD apps all at once. Remember, you don't have to have an application completed and handed in for the teacher to send in the rec. Teachers don't want to keep getting stuff from you once you've asked them to write a rec. Good luck.</p>
<p>are you supposed to use normal envelopes or are you supposed to use those big envelopes that can hold 8.5 x 11 paper w/o folding?</p>
<p>Should you wait until the teacher gets to know your classroom work?</p>
<p>Like my UIL coach knows me since sophomore year, but I'll have her for my senior class. Should I wait?</p>
<p>Use big manila envelopes (the yellow ones or something) that you don't have to fold. make sure envelope is addressed.</p>
<p>2 stamps are needed!</p>
<p>give them at least one month in advance.</p>
<p>put a sticky note telling them when the deadline is.</p>
<p>those are the guidelines my teacher told the class.</p>
<p>So the envelopes only have to have the address of the college you're sending it to?</p>
<p>It doesn't need any name for "From:________"?</p>
<p>The envelops should be pre-adressed</p>
<p>Wait, so my apps aren't even started/gathered. I have my list of schools though and the teachers in mind. I was planning on approaching them first week of school. At my point what should I have for them/plan to be getting to them?</p>
<p>Well I don't really think it's necessary to give them your applications. Wont they just write you a general recommendation an then give it to your counselor to send out with their recommendation? Schools don't usually care if don't use their teacher rec. form. Ask your guidence counselor what they do at your school. All schools do it differently.</p>
<p>i think it's easier if you give your teachers and counselor separate envelopes - that way the recs won't get lost and they don't have to wait for each other to finish and everything.</p>
<p>it should also have the "from:______" in case you don't have enough postage and then they can send it back to you so you can put on more stamps (this is why you NEVER wait until the last minute... you never know if you have enough stamps or not)</p>
<p>I think you can approach them and say you would like them to write your recs for college apps and that you'll have it for them soon so they can have time to think about what they want to write. They can already start typing it or w/e and can just transfer it over or print it out and attach it to the rec page.</p>
<p>As for counselor, wait for 1-2 weeks before approaching them after school starts b/c they'll have TONS of scheduling problems to work out and you don't want to bog them down with more things or annoy them.</p>
<p>What month would you recommend letting them write the recs if they need to be turned in by Jan ?</p>
<p>Make sure you give it to them in October or November so they have the entire December to write them. Some of your teachers may have hundreds of letters to write so it's best if you give it to them early.</p>