Visiting campuses as an international?

ticklemepink
Sun, 03 May 2009 18:29:53 +0000

No no it’s perfectly fine to meet with professors but you need to get some solid credentials together like GRE, research interests, some knowledge of the field, etc. Just imagine yourself in an interview in January where the next step is offering you the PhD acceptance (or not). Do you want that to make or break your chances?

Then again, if you’re anything like me, you just somehow make very good first impression within the first 5 minutes on anyone regardless of whether you’re prepared or not, even the most self-centered, obnoxious, and egoistic person, you’ll end up just being fine.

If you don’t feel comfortable yet, don’t worry. They won’t penalize you for it in the admissions. It’s just that some like to put a face on the applications if they can but you definitely don’t want a name like “The Asian kid who walked in our door who didn’t even read my last article last May”.