At least a week. I would follow up on the same day the email was sent out but the following week. I would recommend phrasing it as: Dear Professor X, I am sure you are very busy. I wanted to follow up with you about my previous email in case it got buried in your email log. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your time.
If reaching out to see if advisors are accepting students, is the intention that you would be working in their lab and thats why they are your advisor?
I'm almost 50 years old and I'm really keen to develop my career. I've already had four or five papers published as the first author, so I'm ready to get my PhD in a new field. However, one year on and more, 50 applications were declined. I'm really struggling to see what I can do to escape China. Do you have any advice?
In this video, I share more tips for getting into grad school that could help: ua-cam.com/video/V8LYzeaT2fg/v-deo.htmlsi=Oc9yXRwKiqdWtLHq From what I understand, you want to switch fields, which could be contributing to your challenges. Advisors often look for potential in the specific field you're applying to, and they might question whether you'll be successful in a different one. For example, if someone applies to work with me in computer science but has several published papers in chemistry, it wouldn't be immediately clear that they'd succeed in computer science. One tip is to mitigate this perceived risk by providing strong evidence that you’ll excel in the new field. Also, be sure to clearly explain why you’re switching fields and why you've chosen this new direction instead of continuing in your current field.
@@DrDataVIS Thanks for your great advice and I think it reaaly help. Some advisors just ask me straight where is your money ? OK, if you're willing to bring money and welcome, that's great. However, in China, even Google is banned, so I'm curious about how to gain the source of the external funding to demonstarte the academic background.
Thank you for these videos
You are super real. I am currently applying and your videos save me time and realign my focus. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain these.
@@angelachinecheremnonele5272 good luck with your applications!
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Thank you so much for these videos
How closely do their research interests need to align to mine? Does it need to be an exact match?
How long do you recommend before a follow-up email?
At least a week. I would follow up on the same day the email was sent out but the following week. I would recommend phrasing it as: Dear Professor X,
I am sure you are very busy. I wanted to follow up with you about my previous email in case it got buried in your email log. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your time.
If reaching out to see if advisors are accepting students, is the intention that you would be working in their lab and thats why they are your advisor?
Yes, correct
I'm almost 50 years old and I'm really keen to develop my career. I've already had four or five papers published as the first author, so I'm ready to get my PhD in a new field. However, one year on and more, 50 applications were declined. I'm really struggling to see what I can do to escape China. Do you have any advice?
In this video, I share more tips for getting into grad school that could help:
ua-cam.com/video/V8LYzeaT2fg/v-deo.htmlsi=Oc9yXRwKiqdWtLHq
From what I understand, you want to switch fields, which could be contributing to your challenges. Advisors often look for potential in the specific field you're applying to, and they might question whether you'll be successful in a different one. For example, if someone applies to work with me in computer science but has several published papers in chemistry, it wouldn't be immediately clear that they'd succeed in computer science.
One tip is to mitigate this perceived risk by providing strong evidence that you’ll excel in the new field. Also, be sure to clearly explain why you’re switching fields and why you've chosen this new direction instead of continuing in your current field.
@@DrDataVIS Thanks for your great advice and I think it reaaly help. Some advisors just ask me straight where is your money ? OK, if you're willing to bring money and welcome, that's great. However, in China, even Google is banned, so I'm curious about how to gain the source of the external funding to demonstarte the academic background.