Recs...confused

<p>Sorry if this was already asked about..but i checked a few pages back and couldnt find the answer</p>

<p>Well reading through some threads, I saw that some said that the teacher reccs on commonapp were supposed to be photocopied by the teacher and sent into each individual college...
and then that if the teacher sends one recc in, it is accessible to all the colleges your applying to...
and then i read that your supposed to give it to your guidance counselor and she sends one in to the common app...
So which one is it?</p>

<p>also, someone said that you could send in your reccs during the summer, but how would you do that since school's not even started?</p>

<p>and I had already gotten letter of recs (but they were just letters not the form) and are these not usable if I'm using commonapp?</p>

<p>THANKS!!</p>