Teacher Recommendation

<p>I have not been able to meet/find my teacher whom I wanted to get a recommendation from. So I sent her an email today and am a bit worried it may come off rude. I did mention that I have not been able to find her and wanted to ask her in person. Do you think that this is ok?</p>

<p>I have not seen her since school started and I have been looking for her at her office this past week everyday, but she has not been there.</p>

<p>If you don’t share the content, we can’t tell you if it might have come off as rude. But in any case, go to the teacher’s dept. tomorrow and ask the dept. secretary what the teacher’s schedule is, and then leave a note asking if her or she could meet with you nextg week. That’s what you should have done in the first place.</p>

<p>In the meantime, pull together some information so you can give him or her the help needed to write you the best possible recommendation. It should include:</p>

<p>1) Your strengths as a student and a part of the school community
2) Your goals, educationally, professionally and personally to the extent you know them
3) Any challenges you’ve faced in high school that might have impacted your performance and what if anything you did to overcome them</p>

<p>Complete the recommendation form (fill out your part) in the common application, and provide stamped and addressed envelopes for each school to which you are applying so the teacher doesn’t have to do your clerical work. </p>

<p>Hopefully, you will impress the teacher with how well prepared and thoughtful you are.</p>

<p>I actually did ask the head of the department but still was not able to get in touch. I will go to her office again and ask her if she has seen my email and ask her if she is there (hopefully). This is what I said in the email:</p>

<p>Hi Ms. blah,</p>

<p>I hope you had a great summer. I was wondering if you would be willing to write me a recommendation for college. I’m sorry to ask you through email, I really wanted to ask in person but I have not been able to find you this past week. I hope you understand. </p>

<p>Thank You</p>

<p>Im a bit worried now she is a teacher i like and am very close with and i really wanted her to write my recommendation. Will this hurt me?</p>

<p>i will try again tomorrow if she happens to be at her office, but im just nervous now to ask her.</p>

<p>Your email was polite and appropriate so no reason for the teacher to take offense. Don’t worry about this.</p>

<p>everything worked out she replied saying she would be happy to write a rec and we arranged a time so that we can meet and she can tell me what she needs from me. Thanks!</p>