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MayDub · 02-29-2008, 07:05 PM

Thanks for everyone's advice regarding letters!

I still, however, have yet to ask anyone. Which is very out of character. I usually request things obnoxiously early. Perhaps some of you can help me with my very silly dilemma.

I am thinking of asking my winter term teacher for my rec. I took a class called "Jihad in a Historical and Global Prospective" and LOVED it. The teacher actually did undergrad and grad at Columbia and when I mentioned I was interested in Barnard he seemed supportive. He actually asked me why I wanted to transfer, because he thought I was a junior. When I expressed I was a freshman he said that was "very impressive." So I know he thinks I have some semblance of intelligence. I did well in the class and was really the only freshman, or even female to actually speak up in class. He told me that I should email him links to the programs I was looking into (poli sci and human rights) and that he would look up who was in charge of them and if he knew anyone who had any experience with them. He never got back to me. Surely it just slipped his mind. But I'm neurotic about the situation and take it personally. I am worried if I email him AGAIN asking him to do something that will take even more time, he won't exactly be willing.

Now, I'm fairly certain the reason I'm scared to ask him for a recommendation is because he's easy on the eyes and I probably have a mild crush. However, I am telling myself it's because he will not really be too into writing it since I only had him for a three-week course (which was fairly rigorous, three hour class everyday and 50-60 pages of reading a night and I got an A).

Would it be wiser to ask a teacher I had for an entire semester? As I said before, there is just so much at stake so I am having an impossible time just deciding who to ask.

(I had an article as the front page feature story in the student paper this week, and I was only excited because perhaps he would see it and remember "Oh! Right! I need to inquire about the course of that girl's entire future." No luck yet. )

Thank you!!

02-29-2008, 07:05 PM	#16
MayDub New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 23	Thanks for everyone's advice regarding letters! I still, however, have yet to ask anyone. Which is very out of character. I usually request things obnoxiously early. Perhaps some of you can help me with my very silly dilemma. I am thinking of asking my winter term teacher for my rec. I took a class called "Jihad in a Historical and Global Prospective" and LOVED it. The teacher actually did undergrad and grad at Columbia and when I mentioned I was interested in Barnard he seemed supportive. He actually asked me why I wanted to transfer, because he thought I was a junior. When I expressed I was a freshman he said that was "very impressive." So I know he thinks I have some semblance of intelligence. I did well in the class and was really the only freshman, or even female to actually speak up in class. He told me that I should email him links to the programs I was looking into (poli sci and human rights) and that he would look up who was in charge of them and if he knew anyone who had any experience with them. He never got back to me. Surely it just slipped his mind. But I'm neurotic about the situation and take it personally. I am worried if I email him AGAIN asking him to do something that will take even more time, he won't exactly be willing. Now, I'm fairly certain the reason I'm scared to ask him for a recommendation is because he's easy on the eyes and I probably have a mild crush. However, I am telling myself it's because he will not really be too into writing it since I only had him for a three-week course (which was fairly rigorous, three hour class everyday and 50-60 pages of reading a night and I got an A). Would it be wiser to ask a teacher I had for an entire semester? As I said before, there is just so much at stake so I am having an impossible time just deciding who to ask. (I had an article as the front page feature story in the student paper this week, and I was only excited because perhaps he would see it and remember "Oh! Right! I need to inquire about the course of that girl's entire future." No luck yet. ) Thank you!! Last edited by MayDub; 02-29-2008 at 07:12 PM.