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Interview 250: Andy Strickler on "Which AP Courses Do Colleges Respect The Most"Interview 249: Heath Einstein on “What colleges look for in teacher recommendations”
- Heath gives updates on TCU
- Heath shares what he learned about admissions from being a parent
- Heath shares some significant changes happening at TCU
- Heath shares how you can know if a teacher’s rec is important
- Heath shares why teacher recs are important
- Heath gives everyone writing recommendations some great advice, but if you’re a student, there is plenty of advice packed in for you to help you decide who to ask
- Heath gives us examples of dos and don’ts for teacher recommendations
- Heath and Mark discuss whether you should ask a teacher for particular things that you would like for them to say about you in the teacher’s rec
- What should a student do if a teacher says, “You write the letter of rec and I will sign it”
- Heath transitions to several things that, as a teacher, you don’t want to talk about in your teacher recommendation
- Heath says when a teacher should say “no” when asked to write a rec letter
- Heath continues by sharing things you should not say in the teacher recommendation letter
- Heath answers the questions, is it okay to get a rec letter from a 9th, 10th, or 12th grade teacher
- Heath shares the maximum number of rec letters a student should submit
- What should a student do if a teacher has committed to writing a letter but they are not submitting it?
- Should students give a thank-you gift to a teacher who gets a rec letter
