Best Year To Transfer

socal_1
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:50:25 +0000

haha why wouldn’t you want to seem like a teacher’s pet? the people that the professor know the best are the people he/she is going to approach first about internships/research/scholarships. being a teacher’s pet is kind of what you should be aiming for.

it’s simple. if you want them to notice that you’re “showing interest”: ask questions during class if your classes are small enough / after class if they’re large; visit them during office hours, etc. if you want them to tell you about research opps (which would sound great in a letter), ask them about their research interests and tell them about yours. ask them to sit down with you to go over tests/papers because “you want to improve the quality of your work” - they’ll appreciate that you actually think about stuff like that.

and don’t assume that getting to know your professors will be like pulling teeth. they’re normal people… they have jobs, they have families. they want to hear from you and keep in touch with their students. if you show interest in what they’re teaching, they’ll do whatever they can to help you succeed. if you don’t seem genuine, they won’t want to waste their time going out of their way to help you.