<p>I'm planning on doing ED to a school so I was wondering whats the ideal time to ask teachers for recommendations? a month? 2 months? cause seeing as how ED apps are due Nov. 1 for most colleges, i'm guessing i should be asking sometime soon? Thanks.</p>
<p>If you are at a large school, the sooner the better. Your teachers will appreciate your thoughtfulness if you do it soon, and the ones that are happy to do it just before it is due, will let you know. </p>
<p>A kind inquiry in late October is a good idea. Such as--'I was wondering if you need any more stamped envelopes of more info for the recs you are so nicely sending..???' Unless you have fabulously responsible teachers, of course.</p>
<p>my school isn't that large so maybe i will ask around the beginning of october, before the majority of kids ask.</p>
<p>My son asked teachers at the not-so-big high school here in mid-Sept, and was thanked for his early request and told he was 6th on the list. I was impressed by the fact that 5 other kids had already asked this particular teacher, but glad my son didn't put it off until later.</p>
<p>The teachers he asked made 10 copies and sent them off, or let him send them off. He was only really submitting one application ED, but thought he'd get all the letters in to his list of RD schools should the ED not work out. It did, but it's probably worth letting your teachers do your ED and RD all at once to save going back to them at a time they're much busier later in the year. At worst you lose out on some extra postage sending letters to schools you don't end up applying to.</p>
<p>As soon as you can. Teachers have a lot going on, why limit them to one month? If you ask as soon as school starts and let them know the deadline, they will have you on their list and be able to plan when they want to work on your LOR.</p>
<p>My D knew who she wanted to ask and did so at the end of Jr year. Kind of extreme for sure, but some teachers are very popular and several of her friends waited too long and were out of luck.</p>