Letters of recommendation - will a professor still remember you if it's been 2 years?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I think I'm going to try and get a letter from Mike Meighan. I went to office hours pretty regularly and asked a lot of questions, but that was 2 years ago. </p>

<p>Do you guys have any experience with asking letters from profs of classes you took a long time ago? Do they generally remember you? Will they write good ones? etc etc.</p>

<p>Any input is appreciated, thanks.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard it isn’t a really good idea. </p>

<p>I think this is why some people get a general letter and saving it in letter services, but idk.</p>

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<p>i actually am going to a ton of my professor’s office hours, and already asked him for a letter of rec and he said that he’d be willing to give me one. Granted, i won’t be applying to grad school for like two years, but i intend to keep up with him pretty regularly.</p>

<p>That being said, there’s a ton of people who take many years off before going to grad school and still get great letters of rec. The point is to get your professor to KNOW you. In my classes i’m not just like ‘but what do you think she meant when she said…’ but i’m like ‘insert crazy metaphysical theory here’ which not only stimulates class discussion, but it’s also pretty fun to see professors struggle to answer your question because your interests are going toward hardcore abstract stuff.</p>

<p>I’d try to ask around, maybe some GSIs about professors and their reputations for giving letters of rec. i heard some professors, as nice as they may be, throw people under the bus.</p>

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<p>i’m like ‘insert crazy metaphysical theory here’ which not only stimulates class discussion</p>

<p>lol.</p>

<p>Mech you should have asked him before and just used the letter services at Career Center. But hindsight is perfect I guess haha. Also, I’ve heard that Mike is really slow (like he took a few months before my friend got his…and I’m not even sure if he actually wrote it or if he had my friend make his GSI write it so that he could co-sign it).
That being said, never hurts to try.</p>

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<p>thanks guys. ehhhhhhhhhh</p>

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<p>I was actually planning on asking him too… though i was a UGSI for fall 2010, and I heard he writes recs based on our evaluations (which i never read)… Are you still asking him?</p>

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<p>yeah i think i am. he hasn’t responded to my email yet though.</p>