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How did you ask for grad shool letters from professors?

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djheater

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There are a couple that I get along with and I truly enjoyed their classes, but it's not like I know them or they know me real well. One I only had for one class.

Since I'm a night-school adult student, I haven't really had the option of doing a lot of activities and getting to know them real well.

Is everybody pretty much in the same boat? Just ask and hope for the best?
 
Originally posted by: djheater
There are a couple that I get along with and I truly enjoyed their classes, but it's not like I know them or they know me real well. One I only had for one class.

Since I'm a night-school adult student, I haven't really had the option of doing a lot of activities and getting to know them real well.

Is everybody pretty much in the same boat? Just ask and hope for the best?
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theres a few ways.

But just go for the direct approach.

Let the teacher know what school your tyring to apply for. What you want to do with your future.

get him/her at office hours, and just talk to them.

Tell them your really excited to goto that school if you get accepted.


Teachers will not cockblock you at getting a higher education.
 
Via text message, after you steal their phone to get the number.
They'll applaud the creepiness.
 
I wasn't buddy buddy with my professors but if you liked their class AND you did well in it (usually the most important factor), you can sit down and talk with them and usually they'll end up writing recommendations. They realize that many undergraduates are in the same boat.
 
As long as you did well and got along fine, most won't have a problem writing a letter of recomendation based off of your academic work.
 
As the other repliers in the thread have already said, just send an email/go in during office hours/see them after class and ask if they'd be comfortable writing you X number of letters of recommendation for grad school. If they don't feel that they know you well enough, they'll definitely tell you.
 
Have a form recommendation letter ready just in case. I know some that actually agree and just ask you to write it and they'll sign it.
 
Just go to their office and ask them?

I've never gone to see any of my teachers during office hours to ask for anything, period in my 6 years pf undergrad or grad school.
Never saw a point, never needed to.
The only exception was when getting recommendations and reference letters.
 
Originally posted by: aigomorla
Originally posted by: djheater
There are a couple that I get along with and I truly enjoyed their classes, but it's not like I know them or they know me real well. One I only had for one class.

Since I'm a night-school adult student, I haven't really had the option of doing a lot of activities and getting to know them real well.

Is everybody pretty much in the same boat? Just ask and hope for the best?
Click to expand...

theres a few ways.

But just go for the direct approach.

Let the teacher know what school your tyring to apply for. What you want to do with your future.

get him/her at office hours, and just talk to them.

Tell them your really excited to goto that school if you get accepted.


Teachers will not cockblock you at getting a higher education.
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Nice word.
 
i barely knew my professors, and they barely knew me. i asked them for a recommendation and they obliged. they had to do the same thing way back when so its really no big deal. good luck!
 
Originally posted by: fredhe12
Have a form recommendation letter ready just in case. I know some that actually agree and just ask you to write it and they'll sign it.
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This. If they disagree w/ any of it they will change it, but better to be prepared
 
Like other people have said. If the professors are nice and you did well in their class then it should be no problem asking them for a letter of recommendation. I needed a letter from a professor, which I had a couple of classes with. I just went to his office hours. Told him I was interested in going to grad school and needed a letter. We talked about the school's program and about some of my accomplishments. After our talk he asked for a resume and transcript. It was a very painless process.
 
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