How are we doing yet? Still hanging in here or left? — Part II

Continuing from my previous blog post,

3. Prepare a list of word templates you will need to react, reply and respond to the kind of answers you get from Professors.

Personally I had three prepared for myself

The first one was a more generic template. It expressed my interest in clear, concise and crisp grammatically correct English. You have to make changes regarding the research section, papers and your interests, etc.

The second one was a thank you reply! Unfortunately some professors will not “click” with your mails and profiles as some other will. As one of my friend who already got into the Phd program at New Zealand’s University of Auckland Dept of Imaging Science, he told me

Only 20 percent of the professors you approach in all, will acutually reply back.

The point here to be noted is that it is just a reply. It can be the most obvious one

Thanks your interest in our Phd program. You should apply through the admissions office at ZZZZZ@akd.edu

this one takes the cake!

Thanks your interest in our Phd program. Unfortunately, I am not taking any more students And/or Not teaching at the school anymore and/or Not full time faculty at the time
and/or I am on Sabbatical
(No offense. This kind of replies,make my day actually. You push me down. I will keep on coming up even with more force. The more you push me down, the more I will come up again to fight back)

So, if you get one of these replies, please don’t forget to send them a courtesy emails thanking them for time. Because you didn’t ask them before flooding their email inbox(s) and you wanted to see if you reach a common ground!

I know I do this everytime. And I know I would like to see a thank you note(atleast) from the person who sent me the first horrendously complex introductory emails. But that is just me

And the last tip for the post, don’t forget to keep your profile ( Academic Resume, Summary of interests, Linkedin Profile, email accounts, phone numbers, etc.) updated!!

Keep sharing and following! Have a good day! As again, I would love to read your stories

Share your stories and follow. I need motivation so does everyone So, just keep it on !!

Have a good day!

Guzzling up

Hey folks,

I have landed here. Yes at the WordPress.  Finally, after a lot of contemplation of starting another blog and that too here, was a time taking decision. For some it is as easy as creating a fake email id but I happen to have excluded myself from those types. First post will have a lot of weight-age to it, because I am going to be post at-least a couple of posts every week – both subject intense and chaff!

I would appreciate everyone who reads and/or leaves a comment on this blog. I am of a thought that it is a learning process and I have just started on this path. Rest assured I can learn!

Two cents about myself -

A regular guy in the field of Information systems. After completing my undergrads from Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India, I worked with Covansys Pvt. Ltd, ( now Computer Science Corporation). I recently walked for earning my dual-major Masters in Management of Information Systems (MIS) and Information Technology with Project Management mint from Rochester Institute of Technology. I have intentions of going for my PhD. in Eco IT or energy sustainability fields. Well that being said, I have planst to go for phd soon but my gre score has expired or it is on the paht ot be. So, I guess I will have to attempt doing something more tfor this. I might have to just give GMAT or GRE soon and then think  about about what school does offer PHD in these fields. I have short listed a couple but you know things might just change.!