<p>I missed an appointment with one of my professors through my own stupidity. I sent an email apologising and stupidly asked if he might be interested in another one. He sent back a scorching email refusing and saying I should learn to keep appointments. I sent another email with a sincere apology and saying that I won't trouble him again. He sent back another email with a terse "Thanks". While before he was very friendly with me, he pretty much avoids my gaze when we pass in the hallway.</p>
<p>I am kind of upset because we got on very well before. I found his course really interesting, there was great banter and laughter in the class and I got a good A in his mid-term. What do I do now? He seemed really angry, what if that affects the good result I got for my mid-term? Could he change it?</p>
<p>OP-
You go to his office hours and look him in the eye and extended hand and offer a sincere apology.
Not following up an email apology with a face to face apology was cowardly.
No LOR from this prof.</p>
<p>Batllo, I told him by email that I wouldn’t trouble him again. I’m going to apologize to him face to face after a class, when he’s obligated to see my sorry hide.</p>
<p>Apologize, and then forget it. If he doesn’t forgive you eventually, there’s nothing you can do about it. Just keep doing your best in class and don’t dwell on it.</p>
<p>I did this once. I made an appointment to meet my professor on a morning he wouldn’t normally have been on campus so he could go over a draft of a paper with me, and I was really sick and ended up oversleeping and not even remembering it until we had class later that day. I remembered as soon as we made eye contact when I walked into class and I felt like hell. I apologized but was too ashamed to ask to reschedule the appointment… thankfully I still did well on the paper. He seemed kind of mad at me for a little while but he did get over it and I ended up taking another class with him and we got on really well. Apologize in person and give the prof some time to cool off, he’s a professional, he’ll probably get over it. I mean this as nicely as possible, but no one student is important enough to a professor to royally **** them off forever. He’ll get over it. ;)</p>
<p>At the same time, don’t lay it on too thick with the apology. Be sincere and respectful, but if you go overboard you’ll just sound whiney.</p>
<p>Serious mistakes happen. The professor’s time is valuable, and by missing the appointment, you’ve really inconvenienced him. It’s better to make an in-person / phone apology but since you’ve already apologized by email, doing anything additional is a little excessive.</p>
<p>Just move on from it and hope he forgives you. Most people will. Those that don’t probably aren’t worth a deep personal nor professional relationship anyways.</p>