And he (or she!) may appreciate your balls to stand up for your opinion anyway!

If the professor is actually smart and not some egotistic a-hole then he could possibly appreciate the constructive criticism :) Edit: I now look down and see #4 said something similar.

So long as OP didn't senselessly tear apart the method but simply proposed some possible ways it's not yet perfected, the professor should be impressed.

YOU HAVE BALLS!! (that's an actual tourette's guy quote).

That's exactly what I was thinking. Most professors like people who come up with their own ideas. Just hopefully the paper wasnt insulting

63 - calm down. Don't get a big DICK!

Rarely do dreams and reality actually mirror each other... Good luck on the admission process, OP.

You'd think so but professors have egos as well. Maybe this professor is a decent person who takes constructive criticism well, but that's certainly not a given.

My excitement at posting this caused me to creat a wording error, I'm sorry! *commits suicide*

Assuming it's science and not something a little more fluid or subjective.

Geokid (OP's username) sounded like a geology buff to me, so I made an assumption based off that and the 40-page paper, and that it was about a "method" which always makes me think of science. Sorry if I'm wrong, I guess I shouldn't assume.

This comment really should have many more thumbs up.

Not this scientist http://richardkulisz.blogspot.com/2007/04/aliens-dont-exist.html?m=1

7 - Your comment made me think of Sheldon Cooper for some reason.

Except his grammar was off...

"an professional opinion"

@13 Nope