Reference letter

[GameSlinger]

As someone who was Pre-med for a while, letters of recommendations are one of the things I read up on a lot as an online student. When you get a course you feel you can excel in, make sure you take your time and be as helpful to everyone else in class as possible. If your discussion requirements state that you should have 4 weekly interactions, try to do 6 or 7 every week. Chat back and forth with your instructor often. Ask them if there are any bonus assignments you can work on. By going above and beyond, and being in touch with your instructor often, they will learn more about you and your work style.

Also, do not ask the first week. Make sure they have had a few weeks of working with you before you broach the subject with them. You want them to be able to talk about your work ethics and what you are like as a student. That is much better than them writing a letter than just states "this person attended my classes and got an A". There needs to be some substance to the letter. Also, if you happen to have any classes being taught by high ranking school officials, those are good options to focus on. For my Pre-med letters of recommendations, I had the Dean of Mathematics and the Dean of Global Studies write my 2 academic recommendations.

A lot of the times profs will have you draft the letter for them as well, especially if they dont know you super well

This is also important because every letter that I have requested, was also met with a response of "Do you have a draft available of what you were looking for?"