I recently emailed a faculty member, informing her I was looking for potential supervisors, and was very much interested in her research. She replies soon after, saying she would be willing to have a phone conservation to discuss my program of study and goals ( Read more... )

Is it completely normal to have mini panic attacks while speaking with a potential PI on the phone for the first time? And to think you may sound like a blithering idiot? It is? Oh, okay.

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I'm in the process of applying for grad school. I have three applications in the works and one submitted and currently in review. I got an e-mail from the head of the program (Secondary Education M.A. in Social Studies) asking to schedule time to talk to me about some of the classes I've taken. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but this ( Read more... )

So I received an email from someone in the admissions committee from one of the schools I applied to. They said they want to call me and talk about my interest in going to that school and answer questions. I am applying to a Biochemistry program ( Read more... )