geo717

Hi! I'm from California, went to a state school for geosciences (M.S.). I've been working for a couple years, but missed research, so going back for a PhD. Currently applying to positions in Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. Grateful to have found GradCafe - it's at least keeping me slightly sane through this process!

From the U.S. applying to schools in Germany, Australia, and New Zealand for PhD in geosciences.

Thanks, I appreciate the response. I'm probably just over-worrying at this point, but I'll try checking in next week:)

I recently applied for a PhD position in Germany (coming from United States). The directions in the position posting had me send my application to the professor's email. I haven't heard anything, which I haven't worried much about because the deadline hasn't passed, but I started wondering - do I know that my email wasn't filtered or put into the junk email? If they don't confirm receipt, there's no way to really know. So my question: Is it typical for the professor to confirm that they received your application? If not, would it seem pushy to email and ask (I sent the application a week ago)? If I do email and ask, I suppose there is a good chance that email would go into the junk folder as well if my application did. Anyway, thank you for any replies. I just keep finding new things to worry about!