Timeline for How early to apply for PhD's? (Europe)
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| Feb 7, 2018 at 9:20 | vote | accept | Keine | ||
| Apr 29, 2015 at 14:49 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @Keine: "I can imagine sending one at 4.30pm is a sure way to get ignored." - e-mails are asynchronous. Even if you happen to catch the exact moment when the professor is at their computer and is actually reading e-mails, the professor would most likely first work through a large number of other e-mails from before before he or she arrives at the ones that have just now been received. (In particular, the fact that the e-mail arrived "just now" could even be an extra incentive to not react immediately.) | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 14:41 | comment | added | Keine | @O.R.Mapper I understand your point. But I fear I have no other option since the Professor lives in a different country than mine. Incidently, is there a best time of the day to send an e-mail to a professor?. I can imagine sending one at 4.30pm is a sure way to get ignored. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 13:23 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @mort: Whether an e-mail is indeed the "best" way depends immensely on whether that particular professor has a tendency of ignoring or forgetting a percentage of the hundreds of e-mails they get every day, and whether that particular professor values and/or remembers face-to-face communication considerably over receiving e-mails from strangers. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 13:13 | history | edited | mort | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 29, 2015 at 13:10 | comment | added | mort | @Keine: exactly. You could also call or visit the professor during his offices hours; though an email is probably the best and most convenient for both sides. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 12:52 | comment | added | Keine | "approach the potential future advisor before applying formally". I am assuming that with "approach", you mean sending some kind of short letter/e-mail indicating your willingness to apply for a position? | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 12:18 | comment | added | posdef | Very true: "...it is very common to approach the potential future advisor before applying formally." | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 9:52 | history | answered | mort | CC BY-SA 3.0 |