<p>I am a junior right now graduating in 2009, and enrolling in college fall of '09.
Teacher recommendations are extremely important. I have one teacher in mind that I am going to ask, an English teacher. She says that she gives out a certain number of recommendations, and she kind of hinted to me that she will right me one. </p>
<p>I really want to ask her now, but I think it may be too early. I am not the smart geek in her class. I don't receive great grades in that class, but she knows my hard work ethics...(maybe that's why she'll give me a rec) </p>
<p>Anyways, what is with the whole deal with common application.</p>
<p>I was thinking of just asking for a recommendation and then have her send it into guidance. And then the guidance would do the rest of the work. What's the deal on teacher recommendations? </p>
<p>Also, i need more than one teacher to get a recommendation from. Seriously, I was a slacker the first two years of high school. I didn't do too well in the classes, but some of the teachers liked me as a person. Unfortunately, they probably do not know my work ethics right now, so i probably wont be able to ask them. What should I do??? I have a computer science teacher that I had for one semester, and he really liked my presentations and other works. Will he be able to give me a good rec,(i want to go to a business school) and the computer science courses are a joke here. </p>
<p>Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>Mmm, I don't think teacher recommendations are as 'extremely important' as you think they are. </p>
<p>What do you mean by 'what is with the whole deal with common application'? What's your question? You get a form, give it to the teacher, and they write a recommendation and mail it. As simple as that. I don't understand why the teacher would send the recommendation to the guidance counselor.</p>
<p>You should ask the teachers who will show why you deserve to go to whatever colleges you're applying to and who can back it up with evidence. So it would be better to ask the teacher who knows that you work really hard and do your best rather than the computer science teacher, who probably will just say that he liked your work. I mean, if the computer science courses are a joke, the teacher probably isn't very good, and I don't know if you can really depend on him to write a good letter. You want to pick the teachers who will demonstrate why colleges should accept you. So think carefully.</p>
<p>I didn't send any letters of recommendations to the universities I applied to. I don't think they're important at all.</p>
<p>I would assume that your school will help you understand the process a little more next year. I second dchow's post above. You want to ask teachers who know you best. I would add that:
Spring of junior year is not too early to ask. Obviously, she won't write it until next year, but if she only writes a limited number, making sure that she is willing to write yours is a good idea. I know I've asked my physics teacher already and I'm planning to ask my English teacher before summer vacation starts.</p>
<p>dchow08: Some schools (including mine) don't do teacher recs as you described, so k3fujimt's question makes complete sense. It sounds like k3fujimt's school handles teacher recs in a similar manner to mine: you give the teacher the recommendation form, they fill it out, return it to guidance, and guidance sends the teacher recommendations out with your transcripts, counselor rec, and such. In my opinion, it's a much simpler and easier way to handle it.</p>
<p>k3fujimt: I would ask your guidance counselor to make sure that's how teacher recs are handled at your school, but if so, you should be all set once you give the form to your teacher.</p>