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> Back to getting into a good graduate school, the single best way to get admitted is for a professor at the other school to be told by a professor at your scho
by hprotagonist 5y ago
> Back to getting into a good graduate school, the single best way to get admitted is for a professor at the other school to be told by a professor at your school who he personally knows that you can do research;
that is 100% the correct answer. “hey alice, it’s bob. undergraduate charlie just applied to your department; he’s in my lab now and kicking ass” will trump nearly every other consideration, if alice has funding and tenure.