Wouldn't asking for 10 recs anger the teachers??

Applying to College
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<p>Hey,</p>

<p>I am assuming you all will think this is a stupid question. But if i am applying to like 10 colleges.. 5 reaches..3 matches.. 2 safeties.. how will i ask for recs. 'Hey teacher can you write me ten?!?! recs.' How did you guys do it.I am a bit confused about this. Did you ask a bunch of teachers for like like three each. help please</p>

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<p>No, they write one letter of rec, and then they just have to fill out 10 forms and attach the same letter.</p>

<p>You'll see when you see the app.</p>

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<p>oh my child. </p>

<p>teachers dont write '10 recs'...one for each school...they write one and photocopy it 9 times</p>

<p>if teachers wrote a rec for each school you were applying to it would be rude to apply to 2 schools</p>

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<p>but is there not rec. forms that ask what i fall under 'top 25%' or like top 5 % or whatever. Or are the recs just latters typed up by teachers. Coz if it is the second one photocopying makes sense. If it is the first one, colleges might get offended getting the photocopies person of handwriting.</p>

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<p>The forms have questions like that, but they're all check-off boxes anyway so it's not like it's too difficult. Then the attached letters are typed and photocopied. Teachers are used to it, trust me.</p>

<p>It's not like colleges don't know that you're applying to more than one. :P</p>

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<p>Colleges do not get "offended". Teachers fill out one form, write one letter (perhaps; some just fill out the form) and make copies for however, many schools you apply to. They also keep copies so that if you decide to add a school or to transfer, they don't have to do that again.</p>

<p>No one cares - colleges know how busy teachers are, and no one expects a handwritten original.</p>

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<p>The voices in my head.....they are gone.</p>

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<p>Just make sure your teacher remembers to change the college she's addressing in each letter, wouldn't want Harvard getting a letter telling them how much you want to go to Yale :D</p>

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<p>One of my teachers went to the trouble to customize a letter for each of my schools and scholarship applications. Each letter was for the most part identical, but he had a paragraph in each pointing out something unique about that university and a specific example of how I would be an asset to that university. I was very lucky that he went out of his way for me.</p>