<p>Help me pls!</p>
<p>Alright, I just barely started on my college applications!
I am planning to use ApplyTexas and CommonApp for my college applications. However, I read online that there are "specific things" that the teacher needs to fill out for CommonApp?</p>
<p>I really want to ask the teachers tomorrow... but I donno how to get it started.</p>
<p>What information do they need to know? What forms do they need to fill out? How will they submit the teacher recommendations? Basically... what do I need to do so the teachers can start writing me recommendations.</p>
<p>Also, should I get 1 or 2 teachers to write me a teacher recommendation? </p>
<p>I plan to apply to these schools + more:</p>
<p>Rice
Austin
Cornell
A&M
UNM</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Rice and Cornell will be on commonapp. UNM just has their own application system on their website. ApplyTexas will take care of A&M and “Austin” (what school do you mean by Austin BTW? Hopefully not UT Austin, that deadline has passed).</p>
<p>With CommonApp, you have to log into Commonapp.org and go to “school forms” and send invitations to your teachers. This sends them an e-mail with log in information where they will fill out one recommendation for all schools you apply to on Commonapp. They usually request 1-2 teacher recommendations, as well as a counselor recommendation.</p>
<p>ApplyTexas does not have an online recommendation system. If you wish to send recommendations (which I don’t believe are required, but it can always help), you will have to get your teacher to type up a recommendation and send it directly to admissions. </p>
<p>Go find out if UNM, A&M, or “Austin” require letters. Sometimes scholarships apps/honors apps require letters of recommendation, so check that too if you are interested. Decide if you want/need to send them.</p>
<p>Go to your teachers/counselor tomorrow and ask them for whatever you need, whether an actual letter of recommendation or the Commonapp recommendation (which does not really require a formal letter). Even if you think you only need 1 recommendation, ask 2 teachers. The more the merrier. Make sure one is a from a core subject.</p>