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  1. I have a slight crush on my POI. There I said it. Whenever he sends me a mail it becomes an event---in the sense that I turn off the music, sit upright and take in every word. I have never met him, but I have seen pictures and spoke to him on the phone. I just think he's so brilliant, our intellectual methods have overlapped on many occasions. For example, his MA thesis was an in-depth study on the same topic as my undergraduate thesis. I suspect he's about 7 years older than me at most. I am quite ethical when it comes to things like this, but at the same time I think, man, how exciting would it be to be transgressive for once in my life. I know that I would seriously pay for it in the end, and thus would never allow him to even have the impression that I may like him. I'm just wondering, who else has had similar experiences? Did such feelings eventually go away, or intensify?
  2. What does Teaching Assistantships mean, is it: A. That you basically take a small section of a huge lecture class and elaborate on the subjects the primary professor is covering, administer exams and grade papers? OR B. That you develop your own course to teach, which is open to undergraduate students? I assume the role varies from school to school somewhat. But if a grad student had the option of developing and teaching his/her own course would such a role still fall under the TA umbrella? Thanks.
  3. I received an offer of admission to an excellent highly ranked Phd programme (School 'A'). This is my first choice, and I will be accepting their offer after my visit in a few weeks. However, I spoke to my POI at my second choice (School 'B' a month ago and got an unofficial acceptance by phone. However, I have not received anything official from this school yet--not that it really matters as I plan to attend School 'A'. To this, I am wondering Is it presumptuous to contact School 'B' and tell them that I decline their (unofficial) offer although I haven't received an official acceptance? I want to be courteous with School 'B', as my POI mentioned that they were nominating me for a competitive fellowship (hence the unofficial acceptance) and that If I decided to decline their offer they would essentially be wasting a nomination on me that could have gone to another candidate. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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