| Personally, I'd go for it. He was the one who volunteered to help out in the first place, so I think he'd be willing to do it if you e-mailed him again. Professors tend to be busy people, so I'm sure there's a good reason why he didn't e-mail you back. However, a good professor will usually always try to help their students if they can. You're prof sounds genuinely interested in what you're trying to do, and judging from your success in his class, I don't see any reason why he would refuse.
I know it's still scary, but I hope this helps. I was super shy about my rec too. I actually went down to my history professor's office the first time and chickened out and just walked back out of the building! But when I forced myself to go see her, she was so excited that I was looking at Barnard and was very encouraging. |