The author is probably leaving out a lot of context. Seems to me they joined a program without really thinking about who they would work with, and then when the

The author is probably leaving out a lot of context. Seems to me they joined a program without really thinking about who they would work with, and then when they finally thought to look they were shocked to discover there was no one they’d like to work with. Schools offer this kind of acceptance path for students who aren’t very strongly tied to a particular idea. The author, despite having no experience or knowledge in QC was very tied to the idea, which how would the faculty know that before admitting them? Usually when you are so devoted to a research idea you’ve worked on it to some degree before deciding to devote 10% of your life toward pursuing it. I’ve never seen a student quit in 6 months because they couldn’t make progress on an idea they had only just started to consider.