special relativity

Applying to College
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<p>timing is everything...
when is the optimal time for me to ask my teachers for reccomendations? How should I ask? any other tips on the matter... mostly when... because otherwise I would just ask the first day of school, and that would be overwhealming for the teachers... but I want to give them a long time and such... ah!</p>

<p>also, my favorite teacher moved this year... :( I like him a lot, and I had been planning for him to write my reccomendation since fishy year... would it be weird to ask after he moved? (I still see him on a regular basis) I think maybe it would be weird, but that makes me sad...</p>

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<p>If he really knows you then it's not weird at all. As long as the reccomendation doesn't have to come from someone explicitly at the school you go to (read the reccomendation forms for the colleges you apply to)</p>

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<p>Ask him. The worst he can say is "no". And he probably won't, especially if you see him on a regular basis.</p>

<p>I had a teacher who was "gone" write a rec. (she submitted what she had written in junior year for RSI)</p>

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<p>My favorite teacher also moved away after junior year. Fortunately, I was able to get his email address from a Mathletes coach. I just sent him an email asking if he would do it, then I sent another email with the recommendation forms he needed. It worked out very well... although I'm still curious as to what he said.</p>

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<p>booboisie, who was the teacher.</p>

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<p>OK, just the basics: you do not ask a recommendation from your favorite teacher, you ask recommendation from the teacher you were favorite of!</p>

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<p>He was my trig/pre-calc teacher. I felt a connection with him and applied to engineering schools, so he was the perfect choice.</p>

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<p>From someone who writes a fair amount of recommendations:
1. If you are comfortable asking someone, that someone will be comfortable writing.
2. Give plenty of time and keep reminding about it (yes, especially physicists).
3. Provide all forms (signed), envelopes (addressed), etc.
4. A thank you note is nice, but if I write a letter for someone, the fact that I was asked is usually a reward enough.</p>