Yeah, this is a fine idea.
So someone just posted for CU, saying
POI done selecting interviewees. Sent me a nice email. I was close, but not close enough. POI: DM
Is this Doug Mennin? I wanted to apply to him but on the FAQ it said
Which professors are accepting doctoral students for the coming academic year?
The following full-time, tenure-line faculty are likely to accept at least one new doctoral student for the next academic year: Professors Bonanno, Cha, Farber, Midlarsky, Miller, and Verdeli.
so I ruled him out. So he was accepting a student after all???