13 focused guides

School and college messages

Choose the exact situation for practical facts, a proportionate next step, boundaries, safety notes, and common questions.

Ask a teacher for an assignment extension

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to ask a teacher for an assignment extension while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Ask a professor to review a grade

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to ask a professor to review a grade while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Follow up with a professor who has not replied

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to follow up with a professor who has not replied while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Ask a teacher for a recommendation letter

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to ask a teacher for a recommendation letter while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Tell a professor you need to withdraw

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to tell a professor you need to withdraw while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Resolve conflict in a college group project

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to resolve conflict in a college group project while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Tell your parents you are failing a class

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to tell your parents you are failing a class while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Tell friends you are transferring schools

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to tell friends you are transferring schools while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Report bullying to a school in writing

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to report bullying to a school in writing while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Request a school disability accommodation

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to request a school disability accommodation while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Ask to reschedule a missed exam

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to ask to reschedule a missed exam while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Prepare for an academic integrity meeting

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to prepare for an academic integrity meeting while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Resolve a college dorm conflict

Ask for an academic decision with enough evidence for a teacher or school to respond fairly. This page focuses on how to resolve a college dorm conflict while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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