Sending an email to professor during Graduate School admission process will increase the chances of getting admission with scholarship. Dr. Vivek Pai Associate Professor have written a page (Q&A format ) that talks about Do and Dont’s about Email.
Email Contents
Typically every student sending email, expects to get reply and financial aid with admission. Read the Email reply from a Professor to a Prospective International student planning to apply to Masters in Electrical Engineering.
Professors are very busy and they don’t usually reply to all Prospective student, unless you are applying for PhD. When writing email to a Professor, most of you it will be the first email to a Professor in US University. Most International students are not used to writing email in Professional way (without typos and grammar mistakes). It’s hard for anyone to respond to email with mistakes. (Even, here at Happy Schools, we don’t respond to comments that has lots of mistakes. )
Most of the students ask for Financial Aid within first few sentences in first email. That clearly show how IGNORANT a student can be. Dr Vivek has some strong words for students applying for Graduate School those send email asking about Grad School admission and financial aid.
If you are in processing of applying to schools in US, you better read his graduate school application guide .
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Sir
Am currently pursuing my m.pharm degree in pharmacology from an university in India, can i opt for a phd degree from any universities in U.S.A directly after completing my masters from India or i have to do another master’s programme there.
I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to you for your concern and many thanks for your valuable time. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
thanking you,
Renee
Hello,
I just read through Dr. Vivek’s blog. Extremely informative and eye opener. I am thinking about applying to PhD schools, and loved the writeup.
Please keep up the good work with this happyschoolblog.
Best,
chandrani
I am a BSc graduate in Agriculture. I would like to pursue my MSc in US University with assistantship. How shall I mail a professor and convince them that I am worth the assistantship?
Hi,
I am finding happyschoolsblog very interesting and informative.
I am pursuing my M.Tech in CSE which will be completed in 2009.
I feel that it was not worth while studying M.Tech here in a mediocre university and I am now very much keen on getting a M S degree from USA.
1. What do you think about me getting an admission in US University despite of me having a Master degree from India?
2. I see in lots of University websites about MS in Computer Science? How do I find what are the other different majors the school offers ? Usually, I look in CS departments for different majors, but most of them have MS in CS ?
3. Do you think getting scholarship in India during M.Tech study and having one year internship experience, M.Tech average of 67% and with good GRE will help me get some sort of financial AID.
4. What aggregate do US Universities consider ? As in my degree certificate of B.E it mentions about class considering only 5th to 8th sem (which makes my % less compared to 8 sems average) or will they consider all 8 semester aggregate? or the degree % and class mentioned in degree certificate is final?
5. What will I write in statement of purpose?
I have applied for M.S in Dairy Science, now i want to contact with the professor ,about my interest.and i want to convince the professor. so can any one help me??
i need your help
Hi,
I have been selected for PhD admission to an US university in computer science. I have also received the name of my advisor. Now I want to send my professor an email. How should I write it?
Please help!
Thanks in advance!
Brandee – Introduce yourself and say you got admission and you are looking forward to work with him. I think that should be enough.
I am an Egyptian winner for USA green card , Egyptian Pharmacist , have M.Sc in cancer biology.
I wish to apply for ph.d in cancer biology , Are TOEFL& GRE required for my application for american universities? can i find graduate school for admission without TOEFL &GRE ?
Thanks for help.
salem
E.mail : fxo_salem@yahoo.com
SALAM/Hi. I read your e-mail about green card and PhD apllication without GRE-TOEFL. I am cancer biologist and i have MSc about cancer like you ,also i have green card too. I wondered that did you find any answer about that. I am trying to take this exams but if we have like this opportunuty , it will be wonderful. Please can you share with me if you have any information .
Ziya/ TURKEY
I am an Egyptian winner for USA green card , Egyptian Pharmacist , have M.Sc in cancer biology.
I wish to apply for ph.d in cancer biology , Are TOEFL& GRE required for my application for american universities? can i find graduate school for admission without TOEFL &GRE ?
Thanks for help.
salem
E.mail : fxo_salem@yahoo.com
dear sir
I need your idea about this mail emergencily:
Dear professor
My name is Parisa Moslemi. I received my B.S in Electrical Engineering, with major in Communications, from Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), which is the second ranked university in Electrical Engineering after Sharif University of Technology.
Based on my research background and my advantages from the courses that I have passed, I have decided to continue my research and study up to M.Sc or higher degrees in my favorite field of study: Communications.
As I was investigating the research opportunities and academic curriculum offered at your University, I realized that you are actively doing researches in my favorite fields of study.
Please note that my CV.
BSc Thesis: “3D face recognition via stereo & wavelet”
I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to you for your concern and many thanks for your valuable time. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards
Parisa Moslemi
This part of e-mail seems … It is good to say that words by the way,I loved that.but i think I.U.T is not ranked the 2nd…
1.Sharif University of Technology.
2.University of Tehran.
3.Amir Kabir university of Technology(Tehran polytechnic)
4.K.N.Toosi University of Technology.
5.Isfahan University of Technology.
6.Iran university of science and technology.
…
By the way be honest and say your words as you decided…
I loved it…
Can I decline an admission after getting I 20? Please somebody reply soon, its urgent!
Nice post. I think this information should be widely distributed. Some of the comments within are eye openers, such as the thought a prospective student would pit profs against each other, or even use their words against another college.
It’s true that there is an admissions office at any college in US and really most things funnel through there. It is an organization like any other with red tape and each level has it’s own functions and no one should take that role of another. For instance, that is one reason international student offices survive in US- to help the students with visa concerns. Like that each office has a function.
certainly an eye opener man… u know one of my close friends is doing his phd @ purdue.. he told the profs don even read let alone respond, to mails that dont bear a purdue id. best chances for unfunded students for a research opening is post first semester imho…
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