Another advantage of such visits is that you may find your relative preference for graduate programs changes as you meet faculty and tour their working environment. You may wish to schedule visits to your most preferred graduate schools during the late summer of your junior year or early fall of your senior year. Determine in the early fall of your senior year which faculty members will write you the best letters of recommendation. Give each faculty member an updated copy of your vita when you ask them to write your letter. Any graduate program descriptions.
Deadline dates for each application.
A stamped envelope addressed to each graduate program. Give each faculty member at least four to six weeks to write your letter. About 10 days before each deadline, you should contact each of your letter writers to ensure that your letters have been sent or are in the process of being sent. Obtain copies of your transcripts . Make sure you get transcripts from every institution of higher learning that you have attended.