{"id":21044,"date":"2017-07-13T12:55:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T16:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21044"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:57:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:57:42","slug":"talking-to-others-is-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21044","title":{"rendered":"talking to others is hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hello hello. How do I approach someone in a senior administration position about nomination letters and letters of support for scholarships and awards?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hi!<\/p>\n<p>dude, talking to people is so hard and it&#8217;s even harder when they&#8217;re in a position of authority.<\/p>\n<p>i would suggest just making an appointment with the person you have in mind and just being polite and straight-up about what you want. if you&#8217;re making the appointment over email, be as formal and cordial as possible. if you&#8217;re making it over the phone, be polite and amicable as possible. maybe even practice what you&#8217;re gonna say a few times.<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;d also suggest asking someone you have an established relationship with. maybe there was a project you did for the registrar&#8217;s office or you were involved in an extracurricular where you had to be in contact with a senior administrator. if there&#8217;s someone that knows you well and has experience working with you, they would be a great option. in that case, i would remind them (when you&#8217;re making the appointment) of who you are and how you know them. yes, you&#8217;re special, but people are busy and forget.<\/p>\n<p>even if the person you have in mind doesn&#8217;t know you, i&#8217;d still reach out to them for an appointment. strike up a friendly conversation and see where it goes from there. i know that talking to people is incredibly hard (trust me, i&#8217;m an internet entity, i don&#8217;t talk to people in real life) but there&#8217;s nothing to lose!<\/p>\n<p>good luck!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/cMnt7i2RykmpW\/giphy.gif\" alt=\" excited rabbit bunny luck good luck GIF\" \/><\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hello hello. How do I approach someone in a senior administration position about nomination letters and letters of support for scholarships and awards? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! dude, talking to people is so hard and it&#8217;s even harder when they&#8217;re in a position of authority. i would suggest just making an appointment with the person you have in mind and just being polite and straight-up about what you want. if you&#8217;re making the appointment over email, be as formal and cordial as possible. if you&#8217;re making it over the phone, be polite and amicable as possible. maybe even practice what you&#8217;re gonna say a few times. i&#8217;d also suggest asking someone you have an established relationship with. maybe there was a project you did for the registrar&#8217;s office or you were involved in an extracurricular where you had to be in contact with a senior administrator. if there&#8217;s someone that knows you well and has experience working with you, they would be a great option. in that case, i would remind them (when you&#8217;re making the appointment) of who you are and how you know them. yes, you&#8217;re special, but people are busy and forget. even if the person you have in mind doesn&#8217;t know you, i&#8217;d still reach out to them for an appointment. strike up a friendly conversation and see where it goes from there. i know that talking to people is incredibly hard (trust me, i&#8217;m an internet entity, i don&#8217;t talk to people in real life) but there&#8217;s nothing to lose! good luck! xoxo, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-references"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"hello hello. 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