Asking for a letter of recommendation from the same professor twice? Will it be a lot of work?

[didyouknow96]

I just had a professor submit a letter of recommendation for me. However, I want to apply for another internship that explores a topic that I legit wrote a 10 page paper on for her class. If I asked her for another LoR, do you think it would be easy for her to just tweak the previous one? I don't want to be annoying and make her write another whole letter. I'm curious if anyone else has been in this situation?

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[DSMX]

Yes, it will be very easy for her to tweak. Though, when you say "internship," do you mean a predoctoral internship or an externship/research assistantship? I assume you mean the latter. It won't be hard for her nonetheless. And she may, in fact, ask you to make the edits yourself.

 

[singasongofjoy]

I agree with the previous poster. Also I suggest writing her a thank you card afterwards- a little gesture like that goes a long way for many folks.

Only tangentially related, but... The more letters I write for people over the years the more irritated I get at the extreme rarity of any follow up from them (undergrads mostly). I specifically ask them to let me know if they do, in fact, land the position they are hoping for, because I do actually care to know. And yet I hardly ever hear from them again - unless they later need another letter for something. So don’t be that person although maybe most people don’t get as annoyed by that as I do.

But yeah should be very easy for them to tweak the letter