Asking a rec from a prof I don't know well

ab2013
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:40:54 +0000

Hi all,

I did really well in this class (in my major) and most of the advisors I’ve talked to have said that this would be a good prof to ask a rec from. However, the problem is that I know this prof at all … I never participated in class, I never asked questions, I never went to office hours … (because I was busy going to office hours for other classes)

Should I ask him for a rec? I don’t know him very well. Should I just an e-mail if I do ask for a rec?