Keeping touch with professor?

[phonyreal98]

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So I've gotten my chemistry professor for this past semester to agree to write me a letter of recommendation for medical school. I am a rising sophomore and was just wondering about some non-creepy ways to keep in touch with him until then. Suggestions?

 

[dancingdoc1]

So I've gotten my chemistry professor for this past semester to agree to write me a letter of recommendation for medical school. I am a rising sophomore and was just wondering about some non-creepy ways to keep in touch with him until then. Suggestions?

I'm surprised you're asking for LORs so soon! Haha I waited til summer after junior year, but I'm always a step behind... As for ways to keep in touch, I'm sure TAs for next semester have already been hired, but you could try to TA for him in the spring. You could also ask to do research under him. Or if you declare a major/minor in chem, make him your adviser. If none of those sound appealing, stop by during his office hours a few times a semester to say hi/catch up. Or ask his advice about something... professors love giving advice!

 

[red10]

So I've gotten my chemistry professor for this past semester to agree to write me a letter of recommendation for medical school. I am a rising sophomore and was just wondering about some non-creepy ways to keep in touch with him until then. Suggestions?

He could probably just write you the letter now (while you're still fresh in his mind). If you do end up keeping in touch in the ways the previous person said, you could always have him update his letter later.

 

[Jolt21]

I'm surprised you're asking for LORs so soon! Haha I waited til summer after junior year, but I'm always a step behind... As for ways to keep in touch, I'm sure TAs for next semester have already been hired, but you could try to TA for him in the spring. You could also ask to do research under him. Or if you declare a major/minor in chem, make him your adviser. If none of those sound appealing, stop by during his office hours a few times a semester to say hi/catch up. Or ask his advice about something... professors love giving advice!

all great ideas. do these first.

if you already have a job/no extra time on your hands, invite them out for coffee. i did this thing where i went through a rotation twice a year. for a week i would meet with all the old profs i liked at this coffee place in town. every day would be a new prof, sometimes two in one day to squeeze in more. profs love to hear what you are doing, but i also realized that there was a reason they were hired to teach, and another reason why i thought they were great in the first place...just something about them, so i would ask them about their lives, how they got where they were, and their ideas for the future. ask questions. it's how you learn.

 

[Jolt21]

He could probably just write you the letter now (while you're still fresh in his mind). If you do end up keeping in touch in the ways the previous person said, you could always have him update his letter later.

this works too. if your school has a letter service he can store it in and get it again later, take advantage.