<p>DrRenee, your grades and the teacher recs are not connected. </p>
<p>The recs can be written by teachers and submitted as soon as they are done and I would suggest you jump on asking them since it is already the end of Oct. It takes time for them to write them and submit them. Once they are inside the common app they go to the schools after you send in your fees and submit each school’s rec if you assign the teachers to the school.</p>
<p>All counselors send in their rec, your transcript up through end of 11th grade, mid year report. If you want your 1st Tri grades sent, you will need to tell your counselor.</p>