How to ask Letter of Acceptance

I don't quite understand the question.

Do you mean you want a professor to write a letter for you to help you get a scholarship?

Yes,im going to email one professor in japan to ask him to send me a letter of acceptance, as one of required documents applied for monbukagakusho shcolarship.

I dont know how to start :-(

OK--I want to help you....I'm good at letters--but you call it a "letter of acceptance". Could you be wrong about that? It's throwing me off.

So, if you want to request a letter of recommendation, the first thing I'd do is to think about what kind of student you were for him. Did you make good grades? Did you go to his office and show concern for your grades? Did you turn assignments in on time? Did you participate in class...?

Sort of jot down some good "job application" qualities you exhibited as a student of this professor.

Here is a sample.

Dear Dr./Professor...(make sure you use his title if he's a Dr.)

(General Identification/ Compliment)

It is nice to have the occasion to make contact with you after ___years. I gained so much information from your classes, especially ___________class. I hope this letter finds you well. I'm happy to report that I am doing quite well.

(Business)

Of my professors, you made the deepest impression on me, and I did my best work in your class/es. (Make some personal sentence here--The ___project/assignment was challenging, but it caused me to see ___in a different way--or make some personal, specific connection with him about what he meant to you.) I am applying for the ________ Scholarship, and when they requested professional recommendations, you were the first person who came to mind.

It would be an honor to me if you would review my work in your class/es, and write a Letter of Recommendation for me.

Since I was in your class/es, I have __________(specific things you've been doing regarding your career. Tell him what your ducational and pofessional goals are--tell him why you want the scholarship, so he can see how it will help you--and he can see his part in it.)

Dr/Professor ________, thank you so much for your time and consideration in this matter.

Sincerely,


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I don't know the etiquette with things like his--and I probably should to be spouting off with so much advice, but I think I'd send this is a large manilla envelope--and inside it, I'd have my letter in an envelope--and a stamped envelope, already addressed to the place I wanted him to end my Letter of Recommendation to-- so, all he has to do is stick his letter in the envelope. That is a courtesy to him.

Good luck with the scholarship!!!

olan--

Since I don't know you--some of the statements in that letter are bound to be untrue.

So, don't lie--but adjust them to make them true. My letter is sort of a blueprint.

Like the sentence---Of my professors, you made the deepest impression on me, and I did my best work in your class. If that is not true, write what is true. --> Macroeconomics was a struggle for me, but you encouraged me to meet the challenge, and I learned more than Econ in your class...

Anyhoo--good luck!!

Lash,

thanks for your reply. it really help me. but as i reply previously, im asking for letter of acceptance from professor in japan. i never met him before, just know him by email, thats it. so iguess i have to promote my self, can you please make it once again as asking for PROF TO MAKE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE ??
maybe it could be outlined like this :
1st paragraph --> what should i write ? my self ?
2nd paragraph--> about what ?? my grade, my previous school, my working experiences?
etc...

thanks

olan, can you explain what you think a letter of acceptance is?

The possible English meanings don't seem to fit what you are asking for.

For example, if you apply to enter graduate school and you are accepted, you may receive a letter of acceptance. That is not something you can just ask for -- you must go through the process, apply, and then wait.

You are perhaps talking about a letter of recommendation, where a professor describes your skills to a university or potential employer, or for a scholarship as you mention. That is almost always given by someone who knows you well.

Perhaps this professor is especially well known, and you are looking for his endorsement to get the attention of the scholarship committee, make it more likely that you'll get the scholarship?

We really need to narrow down what you are going for before we can advise you.

It sounds most likely that you are asking for a letter of recommendation from a professor you do not know well. Lash's advice is good there, with a little tweaking. Something like:

Dear Professor ___________, I have greatly enjoyed our correspondence and have learned a great deal from it. Thank you. I will soon be applying for the [name of the scholarship] and would be deeply honored if you could write a letter of support. [You really need to nail down the terminology.]

Then follow the format Lash suggests, basically just try to convince this person that a) you deserve the scholarship, b) his endorsement will help you get it. Flattery is good for the latter.

You can post drafts if you'd like.

But first, get the terminology down. Who told you it was called a "letter of acceptance"?

Thanks, soz. That is curious-like.

scholarship/ student loan
Hi!I am interested to further in the Uk. Just wondering if anyone of u will have any idea where i can try to obtain a student loan on a scholarship. I have try all the banks including citibank and standared charted to no aavail. Thanks

OK, olan. Is this it?

You want a scholarship--and you have to provide proof you've been accepted in to a particular school in order to prove that to the Scholarship Committee? So, this is why you need a Prof to write a letter that you've been accepted into a program?

I would think the Registrar's Office or Graduate School admissions (if this is Graduate School) would write such a letter. I have to do hese letters at a college as part of my job.

Olan--

splain.

Is that it?