Can you get drinks with a professor?

Actually yes. It really depends on your professor. Some are cool enough to invite you for coffee or sometimes drinks. I’ve had this experience with my math professor.

Is it OK to ask a professor to coffee?

Asking your professor to let you pick his brain is only inappropriate if someone behaves inappropriately. Going to coffee with a mentor is not inappropriate behavior. Stay professional and polite and you’ll be fine.

Can I go out with my professor?

Wait until the semester is over. Most schools have policies against professors dating students, and they are strictest when it comes to students they are actually teaching. To avoid unnecessary headaches for both of you, don’t act on your feelings until the semester is over.

Can college professors hang out with students?

Yes, it’s fine. It is also a great way to get references, since they are more familiar with you beyond your grades, they can give better recommendations. As a grad student, I went drinking with many of my professors.

Can a teacher hang out with a student?

Originally Answered: Can a teacher hang out with a student outside of school? Yes, teachers and students can “hang out” or spend time with students outside of school. Some teachers teach their children’s friends, and if their child’s friend goes to their house, there’s nothing saying that they can’t.

How do I ask Professor availability?

Always start with a, “Hello/Dear Professor X.” Request — don’t demand — whatever you need (“I can’t make your Thursday office hours and was wondering if you’d be available to meet another time.”) Give options! (“I could come to office hours between 12–2 on Monday or between 1–3 on Tuesday.

What should I ask a professor about research?

if asking for a research opportunity: state specifically your interest in that research group (you need to read the professor’s website) explain why research is important for your goals. ask to schedule a meeting or say that you will be coming to office hours.

Is it appropriate to text a professor?

Send a text message to your professor. Please note that your professor may not use text messages, may not use a text message-enabled phone, may not want to use text messages (or pay for them) in his/her professional life, or may not understand your situation completely when communicated via text message.

How do you seduce a professor?

Five Easy Steps to Seducing your Professor

1. Step 1: Let them know you’re interested, without coming on too strong.
2. Step 2: Be more open with your advances.
3. Step 3: Get some alone time with your professor.
4. Step 4: Make a move.
5. Step 5: Get evidence to blackmail them with later.

Is dating a professor illegal?

A professor dating a former student is legal but still unethical, when that student is still at that institution.

Do professors Really Want you to come to class?

Professors really want you to come to class. They want you to learn the material, and, more important, they feel really cruddy when only 10 students shown up the day before spring break. (Hey, they’d like to be off skiing, too.)

How do you ask a professor for an extension on time?

But underneath the tough-guy (or tough-gal) exteriors, most professors are softies. Ask them really nicely and offer up a brief but minimally plausible excuse, and you’re more likely than not to get a few days’ extension, or just about any consideration (within reason) you want. 9.

Why don’t professors teach service courses anymore?

Especially at large state universities, where the student-faculty ratio is approaching 20 to 1, professors can’t be bothered to teach the so-called “service” courses—you know, those humongous intro courses where the only thing being serviced is the mindless distribution (or gen ed or lower-division) requirements.