When applying to graduate school, I contacted several poeple with whom I
was interested in working for the very reasons suggested. My phone calls
were not well received. "wait and see if you get in before contacting
professors" was the general response. I definitely got the sense that I
had overstepped the limits.
At 10:47 AM 9/2/99 -0400, 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.
>
