Reminding Teachers of Recs

yousonofatree
Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:32:37 +0000

I respectfully disagree with Kentric. Approaching a teacher to remind them about the rec isn’t rude at all. Many teachers have a lot of things going on in their lives, including writing other recs, and may forget about one deadline (which might be yours). I’d politely ask them “Hi Mr./ Ms./Mrs. ______, I was just wondering how the letter of rec was coming along.” If they tell you that they aren’t done yet say something like “If you needed anymore information or anything you wanted to ask me, I’d be glad to help”…something along those lines.

Just think about it- would you rather be “rude”, or not have things submitted by the deadline and have your entire application stained? Don’t assume that your teachers are perfect.