<p>How do you approach professors in office hours? I don’t always know what to say, because I don’t really have any questions I need answered regarding the material. How do most students gain some sort of relationship with a professor, such as if they need a research position or reference letter for eventual grad school applications. Help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Glance through some of their published articles and go ask them about it.</p>
<p>i guess you are a chem student, and maybe is taking either chem 3b or chem 112b. a lot of chem professors r pretty lay back. so just read thru whatever your doing right now. im sure you can come up with some kind of questions regarding your material or u might not really understand it. dont be afraid to ask stupid questions because no one expect lowerclass undergrad to know a lot. but that shows your motivation to learn. just by attending OH is a great plus. as for research position, you can email prof’s directly. probably most of them wont reply, but if you send enough of them, some of them will answer.</p>
<p>Or think of possible topics in the subject matter that your professor teaches and talk to him/her about it. So for Chemistry (for example), say something like “oh I find the different orientations of the orbitals pretty interesting; what do you think about it?”</p>