<p>I'm in all large lecture classes with extremely limited opportunities to interact with my professors. What should I do about this? Is it appropriate to email these profs, asking for a rec and maybe asking if I can come to their office hours just to chat so that they can "get to know me" for the rec? My recs were fantastic coming out of high school so should I attach these maybe to make up for the fact that my college recs may be more generic? Do colleges understand that I've only known these profs for 3 months and that in college you often don't know your profs as well or do I need to do something drastic?</p>
<p>yeah, it's super tough. Have you at least introduced yourself to your profs and gone to their office hours? Do you have any seminar classes that are smaller? Your TAs can also write you recs. Schools know that lecture classes are big and professors are very busy.</p>
<p>I'm in the same boat at my university. What I did was halfway through my course I met with my professor in his office and told him my desire to transfer and asked what I could do to secure his rec. I also told him that I would be taking the 2nd level of the course with him next semester. He was very receptive and said that he would write a rec but I had to meet with him 3 or 4 times between that meeting and when I need the rec. He is not only my professor for the course but also the department chair. I figure that should be an excellant rec since I also got a A in his course.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, I think I'll just try to go to office hours a few times. Also, how the heck is the frickin dean supposed to be able to asses you at all? This seems laughable to me.</p>
<p>I think that the dean's letter is meant to be more of a confirmation that you're transferring out of your current school in good standing and maybe, MAYBE, to make a few comments about your overall record. If your dean happens to know you more intimately than that though, hey, it can't be anything but good, right?</p>