I am nervous to contact my old head of sixth form.

So I am resitting privately as well as re-applying to ucas I need a reference and updated predicted grades but I am nervous to contact my head of sixth form via email, I have feeling they will just reject or deny me. How should i go about this ? What should I start the email of with?

Reply 1

lara_ox

I just had to chase references from 3 different people and was anxious regarding this but they all responded and helped me out with no issues even though I left it quite late because I was nervous to ask.

I'd say just go for it and contact them, be polite in your message and make sure to tell them you appreciate the support.

Reply 2

University of Huddersfield

Official Rep

Original post by lionelmessi34

@lionelmessi34

Maybe you could start the email with:

Hello,
I was wondering if you could.....

There's no need to feel shy about it. They will have been asked before about references. The worst they can do is to not reply/ or be unable to give you a reference, which would leave you in the same situation that you are in now, so there really is nothing to lose (apart from time!).

All the best,

Oluwatosin – 3rd year student – University of Huddersfield