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[quote=Anonymous]Well, the current seniors are probably sweating it (or not).  BUT, the correct way to do this is

1) Start Junior year  - send an email to your Humanities, Science and Math teachers requesting them a time  to meet with them.  When they accept and give you the time, you go and meet them. If they tell you to email them then the email should only be about if they would agree to give you strong recommendations next year.  This can happen in the professional days before school opens.

2) You take your transcripts, SAT scores, ECs, subjects taking for senior year, internships,  how many APs, class ranking, RESUME, Brag Sheet -  etc and  ask them the following questions -
a) how do they rank you  among all their students?  
b) would they be willing to give you [b][b]a very strong recommendation[/b] [/b]next year
c) if you plan to apply in the EA/ED cycle when do they need the brag sheet etc from you
d) Do they have any plan to go to another school in the summer.  Because it is common for teachers to switch schools and then suddenly you do not have a teacher to give you recommendation.

3) Have more then 2 or 3 teachers.  In fact have 2 humanities, 2 Science and 2 Math teachers - agreeing to give you recommendations.

4) Have your brag sheet, resume, transcript, SAT scores, AP scores etc prepared before school opens.

5) Have your college list prepared.  Have your naviance accounts and common app accounts etc prepared.

6) Common App practise account can be opened by parents too, just for them to get familiar with the content.  It has a section for teachers to fill out questions.   Now, when you write your bragsheet - you should use the verbiage for the questions your teachers will be answering.  Use AI if you need help.  Your teachers will use or be influenced by what you have written and you will stand out.

7) You want a teacher recommendation that adds some other details and gives proof to your entire story in the application.  A strong recommendation praising the academic skills of a student will not work if the transcripts tell a different story.

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