WRITING AN EMAIL TO A PROFESSOR.
If you are looking at getting a fully-funded scholarship, writing emails to Professors is ONE thing you should take seriously.
Before you write, you must answer the following questionsπ½:
If you are looking at getting a fully-funded scholarship, writing emails to Professors is ONE thing you should take seriously.
Before you write, you must answer the following questionsπ½:
1. How does your current research knowledge relate to the professor's current research?
Find what connects you to the Professor. This could be your undergraduate publications (If you have one). If you don't have any research knowledge, no worries, just
Find what connects you to the Professor. This could be your undergraduate publications (If you have one). If you don't have any research knowledge, no worries, just
read the Professor's publications and find a way to link them to your previous knowledge.
2. How many of the Professor's papers have you read and what did you learn?
2. How many of the Professor's papers have you read and what did you learn?
This is usually the core of any email. You need to tell the Professor the name of his/her paper you have read, the keywords in those papers, the problems he/she solved in the paper, and the method used.
This is to show that you are a good research student. Note, you don't need to understand all the 'jargon' used in the paper, but you must read the paper over and over again till you have an idea. The Professor is hiring you to produce papers for him/her. If you can mention more
..than one paper, this will be fantastic.
3. Do you have questions or other methods of improving the current research?
You can offer suggestions or ask questions based on the papers you have read. This shows that you have the ability to improve any result...
3. Do you have questions or other methods of improving the current research?
You can offer suggestions or ask questions based on the papers you have read. This shows that you have the ability to improve any result...
...(This is the most important skill required of any research student). Let the Professor know that you would like to investigate these questions/suggestions in his/her lab. This will make the Professor happy (The Professor has already calculated 1-2 publications from youπ€£).
4. What do you need from the Professor and why?
Let the professor know that a space in his/her lab is not a waste of opportunity by the way you construct the mail. Ask him/her for a skype call for further discussion. This is called 'Incentifying opportunities'.
Let the professor know that a space in his/her lab is not a waste of opportunity by the way you construct the mail. Ask him/her for a skype call for further discussion. This is called 'Incentifying opportunities'.
Think of all of these, and RT.
I will give you some tips about email to Profs soon.
I will give you some tips about email to Profs soon.
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