<p>I need two letters of recommendation for a study abroad program I want to participate in next year. I'm a sophomore, and this is the first time I've had to ask for a letter of rec since high school, so I'm feeling a little awkward about it. I realize that this is an essential part of my college career and I'm going to need a collection of recommendations and references by the time I graduate, but I feel like I don't know the majority of my professors well enough, at this point, to bother them for a letter. </p>
<p>So what is the "appropriate" thing to do in a situation like this? How do I ask? Who do I ask? When do I ask? Can I ask a teacher that I don't know very well? I'm taking a seminar this semester with a professor I had for a lecture last semester. I got an A in the class, but the TA graded all my work/was my sole source of correspondence. The prof knows me by name at this point, but I'm not sure that he knows me well enough yet. Another prof gave me an A last semester for a pretty intensive seminar and inspired me to declare my minor, but I haven't seen her at all on campus yet this semester. </p>
<p>I'm just afraid of being irrelevant in a large school (and paranoid... really, really paranoid).</p>