Writing Emails to Professor; Important tips & Samples for your consideration
Every year, Profs get several emails from students & difficult to accept all. You want to ensure yours is concise & deserve a response. This thread will provide insight & some samples you can use.
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Your opening statement; Here, please briefly introduce yourself & connect your interest with the Prof's own (refer to sample attached). Mention one or two of the Prof's research areas that you've checked and find interesting.
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Following this, let them know what you've done in the past: Demonstrate your experiences & tools you use (this is important for them to gauge your fit). E.g: I have good experience working with neural networks, ensemble forecasting & published a paper in ABC Journal.
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Lastly, quickly summarize what you'd like to research & state again the skills you've got that will be a good addition to their lab. E.g: I'm interested in conducting research on improving model prediction in AI (the Profs interests). I use Python, ArcGIS & R for modeling.
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SOME IMPORTANT POINTS TO CONSIDER
1. Your email should not be verbose. Ideally, I'd keep within 3 paragraphs (something one can read in 2minutes)
2. You can attach CV & Transcript, but not in a drive or folder. Have it there as an attachment, they decide to open it or not
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