MEMORANDUM
To: Evan Crisp, UBC Student
From: Cathy Liu, UBC Student
Date: July 20, 2020
Subject: Best Practices When Emailing Professors
I understand how stressful course selection can be for students. As a result, I have read over your email and have provided some tips for writing professional emails to professors in hopes of getting faster responses.
Tips for writing professional emails to professors:
- It is important to address your professor with his/her preferred title
- A polite greeting is necessary to create a good first impression
- The tone of your email should be professional but friendly – avoid using casual language and slang
- Do not include any irrelevant information
- It is helpful to review the email before sending to make sure there are no grammatical or spelling errors
- Like the greeting, it is important to end the email in a polite manner by thanking the reader.
Thank you for reaching out to ENGL 301 for advice. I hope that these tips will guide you in improving your writing for professional emails. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me.
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