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[quote=Anonymous]This thread is funny to me because my freshman daughter has asked my advice navigating this issue especially with emails to profs. (Go ahead and flame me for her lack of independence.) FWIW it seems that about 50% of the time professors invite the students to call them by their first name. It seems to be more often in smaller seminar classes. One even said "Feel free to call me Ryan but I know most of you won't" Indicating that many freshman feel uncomfortable with this informality. What I have suggested is default to formality unless expressly invited otherwise. I thought OP's daughter's take on emails was strange - how does she know informal is OK? Did profs say, "don't bother being formal" - I doubt that. Or just because she received no complaints until the advisor she assumed it was OK.[/quote]
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