Advice on getting to know your Professors

smurfgirl
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:19:14 +0000

Also bear in mind:

Professors WILL know the difference between you being genuinely interested in their work and sucking up in order to get a good recommendation letter.

If you have good and honest intentions, you won’t have to worry about how to get to know your professors. A professor isn’t a God, he/she is a normal human being…just with a higher level of education. So just be normal around him/her, but don’t treat him/her like you would with your friends at a bar.

And DO NOT try to seduce your professors. They are not willing to lose their tenure, grants, job etc. just so you can pass their class. Also, if you get into a relationship with a professor, providing you with a letter of recommendation presents a conflict of interest.