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Good luck. I was almost rejected by UNL. The profs said to me.

When is this year's spring break? Will the professors still work in that week?

Are your funding from UNL guaranteed? RA or TA?

But what is they guarantee the two year's TAships?

And the prof said it is required for his MS student to publish at least one paper to get the degree. So it seems that the prof is strict with the research.

There is a professor likely to accept with TAship, and he has a good lab research and good publication record in his area. But the ranking of UNO and its geology program seems to be quite low. Should I consider about this?

I also applied for UNL, but nothing from there. Could you tell me who is your advisor there?

I encountered several cases that the professors said they are lacking of funding. so that they could not accept students. What if I can pay the tuition and living expenses by myself?

100 is a relatively small number. As I know, there are 600 applicants for UT Austin

I think it is also because that petroleum geology is the most popular topic in the geology department than the fundamental geology. Lots of students want to get involved in the petroleum business. That is why petroleum-related professors would receive so many inquiries each day.

As you know, they are too busy to reply to you, even not read the email. But calling them can make the communication better.

Why not call them to say that?

So, you are finally admitted into UTAustin, but got rejections from other universities which are less competitive than UTAustin. Congratulations, but also incredible! Do you find out the reason?

I noticed that, for instance, Dr. Grammar's title is "Chesapeake Energy Chair of Petroleum Geology". It seems that this oil company really highly recognizes him. And is your major also petroleum geology? Which university are you attending now?

As you said, if the professors there could get some oil funding from the oil industry, I could believe the oil companies would hire the petroleum-geology students from OSU hopefully. I don't care whether there is academic funding, because my career plan is industry-oriented. And I totally agree the advisor matters the most if you pursue a PHD degree.