<p>Is it OK for the colleges to receive the recs before they get your application? Should I give envelopes for recs to my teachers for both my Regular decision and Early decision colleges?</p>
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<li>Yes</li>
<li>Why not -- it is easier for them to do the recommendations at one time</li>
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<p>Both of the teachers who are writing recommendations for my daughter required her to provide the forms for RD recommendations when she gave them her forms for recommendations for her ED school two weeks ago.</p>
<p>My Questions:
1. will the recommender write 2 different forms of letters for EA and RD? (Since they may slightly change their opinions or get to know me better during the 2 months)
2. If they use the same letter for EA and RD, can i first give them my EA form and envelope and later give them my RD forms?</p>
<p>I think it would be asking a lot to have a recommender do two different letters or to hold onto copies of the letter and form so they can be used with later RD applications. Give your recommenders (people that know you well enough that two months more isn't going to make any difference) all the forms at one time and expect that the recommendations are going to be sent at the same time, whether they are EA or RD. Or, at the very least, ask their preference rather than springing this on them later on, when they will probably be faced with other recommendation requests as well.</p>
<p>In our school you're generally supposed to give recommendation forms the last weeks of your junior year, you don't need to list any specific schools [unless you have an idea], you just have to decided whether or not you're intending on applying to a college, but yeah, you generally want to give the teachers minimum of two weeks, whereas four weeks is generous and anything above that is being considerate to them, so yeah just get those in ASAP really.</p>
<p>Check your school's policies. At my daughter's school, students are required to give recommendation forms to teachers a full month ahead of the college's deadline.</p>