How to approach a recruiter

I go to a semi-target's engineering school, think Michigan or Cal. However, I am not in the business school and am not eligible for half the resume drops. I did get most of the campus recruiters' contact information from the business career office.

I am just wondering how I should approach this.

Should I

  1. email them, tell them I am interested, have prior experience and would love to be considered and ask if I could send them my cover letter/resume

or

  1. Email them, tell them the same thing, but just say "enclosed is a copy of my resume and cover letter....."

Lastly, should I wait till closer to deadline before I email them? If I email them too early will they not even remember some kid sent them a cover letter and resume way back in December?

Thanks

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I tried calling and one of the recruiters told me "just apply online".. should I send her a email with a copy of my resume after I do so? like along the line of "it's nice speaking with you the other day. I have applied online based on your advice. Thanks for all your help. Enclosed is a copy of my resume for your reference... blah blah blah"? Or would that be considered annoying?

 
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