Driving Myself Mad

[sadlikeknives]

At the rate I'm going, I'm not gonna get into grad school because I'm scared of sending a couple of lousy little e-mails.

See, I need to e-mail the professors I want to write my letters of recommendation and say, basically, "Hey, will you do this for me?" It shouldn't be that big a deal! But I'm freaking out over the wording of the e-mail. I don't want to sound too much like a beggar, but I don't want to sound like I'm assuming they'll do it, either (although two of them wrote letters for TR already, so I don't see why I'd be a problem, and even now I'm giving them more lead-out time than she did). So I'm, like, freaking out.

Somebody tell me to calm down and it'll be all right?

Comments

[celli]

*hugs*

This is, actually, part of their job description, and it's not a hardship for them. I know you can write an email that's both hopeful and appreciative, and that will work.

Want me to beta it for you? I'm up for a while yet.

[vampychick.livejournal.com]

After I posted this, I realized I was being a whiny baby and screwed my courage to the sticking place long enough to send out some e-mails. *crosses fingers*

[coltsbane.livejournal.com]

It'll be fine! Write the email and send it off. The worst they can say is no, and they generally won't, because grad students are KEEN and you're cool. On the off chance that they did say no (which they won't), then you won't have to see them again, so any embarassment is out the window.

Go write!

[vampychick.livejournal.com]

I did!

And thanks to my being a Russian minor with a specialization in literature, and my advisor changing departments over winter break, I have now realized that none of my potential recommenders are currently in my major area. *facepalm*

THIS could be interesting...