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    nghiduong90 reacted to semling in Will mislabeling my resume affect my chances of admission?   
    I seriously doubt that would affect your application at all. First of all, the application materials will be compiled by the graduate school into a single electronic record (depending on their system), and it's possible the filenames won't even appear. Secondly, even if it did appear it's likely the readers wouldn't notice something like that. And, lastly, even if they did notice they probably wouldn't care. In my experience (inside Ivy League undergrad admissions), they're decent people who give applicants the benefit of the doubt on things like that. They're not going to nix you just because you made a very understandable human error. (Of course, if there are many errors, to the point that it looks like you didn't put much work into your application or can't follow instructions, that's something different.) But they're not going out of their way to look for reasons to throw you out.
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    nghiduong90 reacted to Shnoztastic in Reaching out to POI   
    Absolutely! I have friends that looked phenomenal in terms of grades, GRE, etc but we're rejected to programs because they didn't have a POI. Ultimately, you will be working for that advisor and if they don't know you or you don't have interest in their expertise it is really hard for them to consider you admission or funding. Reaching out and having a POI can seriously make all the difference. If they really want you as a student they can sway the admissions committee in your favor.
    Simply, doing so can help you to stand out from other applicants and can help you affirm that a program can be the right one.
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    nghiduong90 reacted to Tigla in Reaching out to POI   
    At this moment, no. Most professors are just starting the semester and starting ADCOMs (if they are sitting on one this cycle). Typically, you should wait until the end of this semester at the earliest to contact POIs about next year's application cycle. However, most people will contact POIs at the beginning of next semester/late summer about the upcoming application cycle. Your timing is off, but you should contact a POI and discuss with them your ideas and plans, as well as their willingness and desire to take on another student.
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    nghiduong90 reacted to TakeruK in My instructor/advisor only can only provide LoR only if I apply for Ph.D. program   
    It is too bad that your advisor will only write letters for PhD programs, but maybe they are right that applying for another Masters is not a good idea. Still, it sucks that they are not letting you make your own decision.
    For places where you are interested in both PhD and Masters degrees, you should apply to the PhD program (i.e. the "option 2"). Sometimes when you apply to a PhD program, they ask if you are also interested in a Masters program. Check that box if they ask. If they do not, maybe you can ask the department if there is a way for you to indicate on your application that you are interested in both PhD and Masters programs. Maybe they will suggest you add a note to the application.
    I don't think you should apply to both Masters and PhD programs at the same school because usually they don't even let you submit 2 applications to the same department. Usually the PhD program will offer Masters admission to their wait-listed candidates or if you contact them, they might tell you how to also indicate interest to Masters.
    This method also has the advantage of allowing you to use your advisor's letter because you are still applying to a PhD program. If you only get admission to Masters, then you can at least say that you tried but you would like to take their Masters offer.
    Then, if there are any other schools where you only want to apply to their Masters program, you can do option 1 and not use your advisor's letter. It might decrease your chance of admission though, because you are already a Masters student and not having your current advisor's letter is not good.
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