In our graduate program (small, about 6-9 new MA students per year, no PhD
program), students are only accepted if a faculty member agrees to
supervise them. Typically, if students haven't contacted a specific
potential advisor, an interested advisor would contact the student before
considering sending out an acceptance offer.
-Max
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Stephen Black wrote:
>
> This raises an interesting issue I would like to know more about. Do
> graduate schools expect applying students to make preliminary contact
> with a potential advisor beforehand, or is this usually arranged after
> acceptance?
>
> I agree, though, that whether or not this is routine, it's probably a
> good idea if the student can manage it.
>
> -Stephen
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Maxwell Gwynn, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology (519) 884-0710 ext 3854
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Canada
