how important is it to be able to answer "yes" to the application question "have you spoken with a faculty member about your application"?
Sorry, this may be a dumb question, but I keep seeing "bump" on SDN threads. Does this mean something? What is it?prufrock0880 said:bump
It's just awkward to contact a professor before you've been given an interview. I mean, what do you say? "I'm interested in your work. If I get an interview, I would like to meet you."flip_d said:hey, guys. sorry, no answer yet, but i want to phrase the question in slightly different terms.
If we do not contact a professor and indicate as such on our secondary, does that mean that we will have no control over who we interview with?
I know which professors I might want to contact, and would very much like to speak to them when I interview, but I'm quite embarrassed to send them an email inquiry before I've even been granted an interview by their institution. But, if I say 'no' the the 'have you contacted anyone' question on the secondary, it seems like I might lose my chance to have the school set up a meeting for me with that professor...