I'm not sure if this hasn't been stated simply because it's obvious, but I
would never advise a student to apply to a graduate program without first
contacting the potential advisor. There may be many reasons why the
advisor would not be accepting new grad students, including sabbaticals,
full complement of advisees, or poor match between current research
interests of the student and advisor.
One wouldn't want to discover this only after having applied (along with
having paid the application fee and/or requesting referees to send
letters).
-Max
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Annette Taylor wrote:
>
> I advise students to spend several hours over several sessions
> just perusing the current psych literature in the library and finding
> what in the literature sounds like something they would like to be
> doing. then see who is doing hte work and where it is done and apply
> there/to them.
> annette
Maxwell Gwynn, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology (519) 884-0710 ext 3854
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Canada
