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

toscala
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:17:09 +0000

Hi,

I emailed my arts teacher at the end of September asking for a recommendation. When he emailed back 2 weeks later it was apparent he didn’t know what I meant by “college recommendation” (he thought I was asking for recommendations on what colleges to go to). I explained what I meant and he said he’d be happy to write one, but didn’t reply for another 2 weeks. I don’t think he realizes the deadline is November 1.
Is it fair to still ask him to write one given the limited time, or is that risking a bad recommendation?

Thank you.