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gottago wrote:he said he'll do it last week
then he said he'll have it in by last weekend
then when I met him in person on Tues, he said he'll submit it by the end of Wednesday

I'm thinking about resending the lsac.org link, then sending an email saying "in case the other one expired or you can't find it"

or is that too passive aggressive? cus this is ridiculous. I broke a serious sweat getting a paper into him recently, didn't even proofread it, because I didn't want him to address tardiness in his LOR

gottago wrote:yea it's not halloween yet but JS1s have already gone out and I want to know where I stand before christmas.

This isn't the first time I've asked him for a rec. He wrote one 2 years ago. I've been in touch with him since the spring about this.

Shouldn't the last thing in his mind be how he went back on his word three times?

"last week"
"over the weekend"
"by wednesday"

I'm thinking about sending an email that says this

"dear prof x, as you may recall from our meeting weeks ago, I plan to submit by date X so that it may be in time for school Y to do Z. I have re-sent the link in case the reason you have not submitted yet is that the link i sent you weeks ago has expired, or you cannot find it in your inbox. When do you think you can submit it by? Please remember that thoroughness is critical, so please do not let an informal deadline compromise the letter's quality"


You think the "polite" anger is just seething in this email?

I tried to go to his "office hours" today but he wasn't there. I also can't make it to his hours later this week.

gottago wrote:

rinkrat19 wrote:

gottago wrote:yea it's not halloween yet but JS1s have already gone out and I want to know where I stand before christmas.

This isn't the first time I've asked him for a rec. He wrote one 2 years ago. I've been in touch with him since the spring about this.

Shouldn't the last thing in his mind be how he went back on his word three times?

"last week"
"over the weekend"
"by wednesday"

I'm thinking about sending an email that says this

"dear prof x, as you may recall from our meeting weeks ago, I plan to submit by date X so that it may be in time for school Y to do Z. I have re-sent the link in case the reason you have not submitted yet is that the link i sent you weeks ago has expired, or you cannot find it in your inbox. When do you think you can submit it by? Please remember that thoroughness is critical, so please do not let an informal deadline compromise the letter's quality"


You think the "polite" anger is just seething in this email?

I tried to go to his "office hours" today but he wasn't there. I also can't make it to his hours later this week.

If I got an email with that last sentence ("thoroughness is critical"), I would not be inclined to write that person a good letter.

thoroughness is more important than earliness. is that better?