Timeline for Level of detail on a Phd application
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| Oct 14, 2011 at 4:40 | vote | accept | Sangeeta Bhatia | ||
| Oct 13, 2011 at 21:45 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | First, let me stress that I'm generalizing from a single data point, my university. I don't know for certain that it works the same way elsewhere in Australia. I'd say there is no need for direct personal contact. It's just that any application gets passed around to the academic(s) most likely to be interested, and the applicant only gets accepted if one (or more) of those academics indicates a willingness to be the supervisor. So what's important is that someone on the faculty see a fit between his/her interests and those of the applicant. | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 14:35 | comment | added | Thierry Zell | Gerry: if I understand correctly, you suggest that personal contact between the OP and a potential adviser is ultimately more important than the 100-word summary? | |
| Oct 13, 2011 at 5:58 | history | answered | Gerry Myerson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |