<p>Hi, I'm a freshmen at UC Berkeley, and I'm hoping to transfer to an east coast school... Here are the schools I want to apply too : Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, and Northwestern...</p>
<p>As this semester is about to end, I need to ask my profs for letters of recommendation very very soon... But I dont know how to do this/ I have two teachers I want to ask, and I need two letters for a couple of those schools... How do I ask each teacher for recs? Do I give them pre-stamped envelopes? Is it a common app form (Yale is the only non common app school)? Do they have to write 5 letters? Please help! </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>they can write one letter and then just photocopy it and stick them in the envelopes. you should definitely address and stamp them beforehand. i would put the commonapp forms into the envelopes when you give them to your profs.</p>
<p>Also, sometimes the professors would prefer to mail the letters out using the school’s official envelopes (which means you don’t need to spend money on stamps or envelopes). So, just say something like “Ok, thank you so much; so, I will give you stamped and addressed envelopes with…” and if they want to use the school envelopes they will interject and say so. Not all will say this, but hey, it’s worth a try! (Maybe it’s just me being super cheap; but I like to save as much money as possible during the application process haha)</p>
<p>^ that was the most absurd bout of senseless frugality I have ever seen</p>
<p>Alright, so I just asked one today… And he said yes. But, he said he would work on it next week. Should I tell him to wait to send it until I open an admissions file with these schools?</p>
<p>well you should have told him a due date. if you want, send him a follow-up e-mail and just say something like “i just wanted to remind you that my letters should be sent out by [date]”. i always say a date that’s a week earlier just in case something comes up. you should also probably send him a copy of your resume and essays if he wants more information about you.</p>