(whispers into the void) please stop telling undergrads who are applying to grad school to email prospective advisers and ask for a Zoom meeting before they've even applied, please, I'm begging you, this helps no one in the process
Look, I get the instinct behind it, but I must've gotten close to a hundred emails last fall -- one Monday in October, I got four -- with a few dozen asking for Zoom chats (several straight up asking *when* we would chat) and ... I just can't do it. Wish I could, but I can't.
Even if I could do these calls, they're not as important as the people pushing them believe.
We make admits as a field (20th c US), so I'm one of 9-12 profs making the decision. Even if I have my heart set on someone, I'm one voice on the jury.
And we admit maybe 2-3 a year?
We make admits as a field (20th c US), so I'm one of 9-12 profs making the decision. Even if I have my heart set on someone, I'm one voice on the jury.
And we admit maybe 2-3 a year?
There's already too much being asked of applicants for graduate programs -- personal statement, GRE, transcript, three letters of recommendation, a writing sample, etc etc.
Why add another layer of work and anxiety to that for the applicants? And for us too?
Why add another layer of work and anxiety to that for the applicants? And for us too?
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