Recommendation with 10 days' notice - should I even ask?

mamabear232
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:32:28 +0000

If there’s a two-week turnaround time every time you send an email, I’d be a bit worried about the teacher’s ability to get a letter completed within the deadline. Talk to your teacher face to face and explain the urgency of the situation. Then decide. Alternately, if you need one more recommendation, appeal to another teacher’s sense of mercy and explain that one of your recommendations unexpectedly didn’t work out.