Can you give some pointers on writing a professional college email?
Can you give some pointers on writing a professional college email?
user
Of course. Let’s say you want to send an email to someone at your college. First of all, what sort of email are you sending? A “proposal”, or a “question”, or a “meeting request”, etc?
assistant
A meeting request
user
Then you’re going to want to make sure you write it in the proper format for the department, and include the appropriate subject line, format, and length.  For a meeting request, you want to be sure you’re taking an active role in the meeting, rather than just “making a request”, or suggesting that someone should contact you.  You also need to frame the request appropriately for the given department.  For example, in many departments the letters might need to go through the department chair, in which case you’d need to contact that person first.
assistant
Okay. Say you wanna meet with the chair of the chemistry department.
user
OK, then you would have to email the chair of the department to set up the meeting.  It’s not always a good idea to email them directly, but in this case you’d want to use that approach, because they are a department chair, so they would need to approve the request.
assistant
Okay. And what things should I include so that it has a professional feel to it?
user
You should include a few key elements in your email:
assistant
Got it, thanks
user