Thank you for the replies. I've heard that it's best to start asking for letters around October, which doesn't really leave enough time to get to know teachers for my fall classes. That leaves the teachers for the classes I'll have already taken, all of which probably don't even know my name...
Hello all. I'm currently a junior at my University and have applied to many summer REUs. The trouble is, I've talked with my adviser and he thinks I might be better off staying at my home institution to do research because it will allow me to continue working with the same professor for my...