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emailing supervisor to ask about application status
I have applied for PhD programme (in Dec 2020) and informed my potential supervisor that I have completed my application. Recently (9 days ago), he asked me if I have received any communication from ...
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How to cold email multiple faculty members to propose a collaboration?
I am currently looking at an advertised postdoctoral fellowship (in the US if that matters), where it is stated that the topic of the research proposal should be discussed with faculty members before ...
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Answering form letter graduate school application emails
As a professor in a North American university, I receive a number of what I consider to be form letter graduate school application emails from outside the country. These emails generally feature some ...
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How to write a sincere reply to a very positive reply from a professor?
My roomie has recently been applying for PhD programmes. He's particularly interested in the one led by prof X, so the other day he sent an email presenting his research experiences and showing his ...
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I sent an email asking for letter of recommendation almost a week ago and have not received a response. Does it mean NO?
I asked my ex-professor for a LOR almost a week ago and I have got no response yet. It is making me pretty nervous and I am not sure what I should do now. I was thinking about visiting him at the ...
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In email applications should the text of the cover letter be stated directly in the email or be attached in a separate file?
When applying for example to a postdoc position, is it appropriate to write the text of the cover letter directly into the email, or should it be attached as a seperate file?
One advantage of stating ...
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Received an email from potential advisor and my name was wrong. should I correct him?
A few months back I contacted a potential advisor I am interested in doing my PhD with and he replied that he is considering my application and will be back in contact with me.
Today, I received ...
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How to show extreme gratitude in an email?
When contacting universities, in many cases, I find the replies to my emails extremely well detailed and helpful, therefore in such cases I find a simple "Thank you" to be just insufficient.
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